کی حق سے فرشتوں نے اقبالؔ کی غمازی
گستاخ ہے کرتا ہے فطرت کی حنا بندی
ki haq se farishton ne Iqbal ki ghammazi
gustakh hai karta hai fitrat ki hina-bandi
خاکی ہے مگر اس کے انداز ہیں افلاکی
رومی ہے نہ شامی ہے کاشی نہ سمرقندی
khaki hai magar is ke andaz hain aflaki
Rumi hai na Shami hai Kashi na Samarqandi
سکھلائی فرشتوں کو آدم کی تڑپ اس نے
آدم کو سکھاتا ہے آداب خداوندی
sikhlai farishton ko Adam ki tadap us ne
Adam ko sikhata hai adab-e-khudavandi
Source: Bal-e-Jibril (1935) — ghazal
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A three-couplet ghazal in which the angels complain to God about Iqbal: he is bold, made of dust yet heavenly in his ways, belonging to no single land. He taught the angels the restlessness of Adam, and teaches Adam the manners of God's servants.
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