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مِعراج Miraj

Nazm by Allama Muhammad Iqbal علامہ محمد اقبال (1877–1938) · 4 verses

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دے ولولۂ شوق جسے لذّتِ پرواز

کر سکتا ہے وہ ذرّہ مہ و مہر کو تاراج

De walwala-e-shauq jise lazzat-e-parwaz

Kar sakta hai woh zarra mah o mehr ko taraj

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مشکل نہیں یارانِ چمن! معرکۂ باز

پُر سوز اگر ہو نفَسِ سینۂ دُرّاج

Mushkil nahin yaran-e-chaman! maarka-e-baz

Pur-soz agar ho nafas-e-sina-e-durraj

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ناوک ہے مسلماں، ہدَف اس کا ہے ثُریّا

ہے سِرِّ سرا پردۂ جاں نکتۂ معراج

Navak hai Musalman, hadaf is ka hai Surayya

Hai sirr-e-sara-parda-e-jan nukta-e-Miraj

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تُو معنیِ وَالنّجم، نہ سمجھا تو عجب کیا

ہے تیرا مَد و جزْر ابھی چاند کا محتاج

Tu maani-e-wan-najm na samjha to ajab kya

Hai tera madd o jazr abhi chand ka mohtaj

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Source: Zarb-e-Kalim (1936) — section Islam aur Musalman, nazm

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About this nazm

A short poem on aspiration. A speck of dust given the longing to fly can conquer the moon and the sun, and a partridge with fire in its breath can face a falcon. The poet tells his reader that the meaning of the Miraj is the soul's urge to rise, and that a reader whose tides still depend on the moon has not yet understood it.

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