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Ghazal · Allama Muhammad Iqbal

گرچہ تُو زندانیِ اسباب ہے Garche tu zindani-e-asbab hai

Ghazal by Allama Muhammad Iqbal علامہ محمد اقبال (1877–1938) · 4 couplets

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گرچہ تُو زندانیِ اسباب ہے

قلب کو لیکن ذرا آزاد رکھ

Garche tu zindani-e-asbab hai

Qalb ko lekin zara azad rakh

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عقل کو تنقید سے فرصت نہیں

عشق پر اعمال کی بنیاد رکھ

Aql ko tanqid se fursat nahin

Ishq par aamal ki buniyad rakh

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اے مسلماں! ہر گھڑی پیشِ نظر

آیۂ ’لاَ یُخلِفُ الْمِیْعَاد‘ رکھ

Ae Musalman! har ghadi pesh-e-nazar

Aaya-e-'la yukhliful-miad' rakh

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یہ ’لِسان العصر‘ کا پیغام ہے

“اِنَّ وعْد اللہِ حقٌ یاد رکھ”

Ye 'Lisan-ul-Asr' ka paigham hai

'Inna wada Allahi haqqun' yaad rakh

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Source: Bang-e-Dra (1924) — Part 3 (from 1908), ghazal

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About this ghazal

A short ghazal of advice. Though you are bound by worldly means, keep the heart a little free; reason is busy finding fault, so build your deeds on love. Keep God's promise always in view, and remember, as the 'Lisan-ul-Asr' (Akbar Allahabadi) said in Arabic, that God's promise is true.

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