ترے دریا میں طوفاں کیوں نہیں ہے
خودی تیری مسلماں کیوں نہیں ہے
Tere darya mein tufan kyun nahin hai
Khudi teri musalman kyun nahin hai
عبث ہے شکوۂ تقدیر یزداں
تو خود تقدیر یزداں کیوں نہیں ہے
Abas hai shikva-e-taqdir-e-yazdan
Tu khud taqdir-e-yazdan kyun nahin hai
Source: Armaghan-e-Hijaz (1938), Urdu section
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A quatrain asking why there is no storm in your river and why your selfhood is not Muslim: complaining about God's decree is pointless, so why are you not yourself God's decree?
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