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Ik Maulvi Saahib kee sunaataa hooN kahaani
Tezi naheeN manzoor, Tabiyat kee dikhaani -
Shohrah thaa bahut aap kee Sufi Munashi kaa
Kartay thay adab unn kaa a’aalii-O-adaani -
Kehtay thay kay pinhaaN hai Tassawuuf maiN Shariya’t
Jiss tarah kay Alfaaz maiN muzmir hoN ma’aani -
Labrez ma’-e-zuhd say thee dil kee suraahi
Thee Teh maiN kaheeN duurd-e-Khiyaal-e-Hamadaani -
Kartay thay bayaaN aap karaamaat kaa apni
Manzoor thee ta’adaad mureedouN kee baRhaani -
Muddat say rahaa kartay thay hamsaaye maiN mairay
Thee Rind say Zahid kee mulaaqaat puraani -
Hazrat nay miray aik shanaasaa say yeh poocha
IQbal kay hai Qamari-e-Shamshaad-e-ma’aani -
Paabandi-e-Ahkaam-e-Shariya’t maiN hai kaisaa?
Go sher maiN hai rashk-e-Kaleem-e-Hamadaani -
Suntaa hooN kay kaafir naheeN Hindu ko samajhtaa
Hai aisa aqeedah asar-e-falsafa daani -
Hai uss kee tabiya’t maiN Tashshaiiyo’ bhee zaraa saa
Tafzeel-e-Ali:razi: hum nay sunni uss kee zubaani -
Samjhaa hai kay hai raag ibaadaaat maiN daakhil
Maqsood hai Mazhab kee magar khaak uRaani -
Kuch a’aar ussay Husun FaroshouN say naheeN hai
A’aadat yeh hamaaray sho’raa kee hai puraani -
Gaanaa jo hai Shub ko tau Seh’r ko hai tilaawat
Iss Ramz kay abb tuk naa khulay hum pay ma’aani -
Laikin yeh sunnaa apnay mureedouN say hai maiN nay
Bay daagh hai maanind-e-seh’r iss kee jawaani -
Majmoo’a-e-azdaad hai, IQbal naheeN hai
Dil daftar-e-Hikmat hai, Tabiya’t Khafakaani -
Rindi say bhee aagaah, Shariya’t say bhee waaqif
Poocho jo Tassawuuf kee, tau Mansoor kaa saani -
Iss shakhs kee hum par tau haqeeqat naheeN khulti
Hogaa yeh kissi aur hee Islam kaa baani! -
Al-Qissa bahut toool diyaa wa’az ko apnay
Taa der rahi aap kee yeh naghz bayaaani -
Iss shehr maiN jo baat ho, uRR jaati hai sub maiN
maiN nay bhee sunni apnay ahibba kee zubaani -
Ik din jo sar-e-rah millay Hazrat-e-Zahid
Phir chiRR gaiee baatouN maiN wohi baat puraani -
Farmaaya, shikaayat woh mohabbat kay sabbab thee
Thaaa farz miraa, raah shariya’t kee dikhaani -
MaiN nay yeh kahaa koie gilaa mujh ko naheeN hai
Yeh aap kaa huq thaa ziraah-e-qurb-e-makaani -
Khamm hai sar-e-tasleem mairaa aap kay aagay
peri hai tawaazo’ kay sabbab meri jawaani -
Gar aap ko maa’loom naheeN meri haqeeqat
Pedaa naheeN kuch iss maiN Qusoor-e-Hamadaani -
MaiN khud bhee naheeN apni haqeeqat kaa shanaasaa
Gehraa hai meray beh’r-e-khiyaalaat kaa paani -
Mujh ko bhee tamanna hai kay IQbal ko dekhooN
Kee uss kee judaaie maiN bahut ashk fashaani -
IQbal bhee IQbal say aagaah naheeN hai!
Kuch iss maiN tamaskhur naheeN, Wallah naheeN hai
Poet of the East, Hakeem-ul-Ummat Dr. Sir Muhammad Allama Iqbal :rehm: