خودی کی پرورش و تربیت پہ ہے موقوف
کہ مشت خاک میں پیدا ہو آتش ہمہ سوز
Khudi ki parvarish-o-tarbiyat pe hai mauquf
Ki musht-e-khak mein paida ho aatish-e-hama-soz
یہی ہے سر کلیمی ہر اک زمانے میں
ہوائے دشت و شعیب و شبانی شب و روز!
Yahi hai sirr-e-kalimi har ik zamane mein
Hava-e-dasht-o-Shuaib-o-shabani-e-shab-o-roz!
Source: Zarb-e-Kalim (1936), section "Talim-o-Tarbiyat" — nazm
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A two-couplet nazm on how the self is raised: Iqbal points to the open desert and the shepherd's life Moses led with Shuaib as the school of the self in every age.
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