SELECTIONS FROM PAYAME MASHRIQ BY IQBAL

SELECTIONS FROM PAYAME MASHRIQ BY IQBAL

COUPLET 1

هر که عشق مصطفی سامان اوست * بحر و بر در گوشه دامان اوست

Herki Ishqe Mustafa Samane Oost, Behro Ber Der Goshai Damane Oost

Every one whose capital comprises love for the Prophet (s.a.w.) verily becomes the Master of the Universe. That

is, he dominates over the nature and rules over land and Water. Iqbal desires that all Muslims should create love for the Prophet which would be an initiative to follow him and consequently the whole world would be under be under their do mination.

COUPLET 2

زانکه ملت را حیات از عشق اوست * برگ و ساز کائنات از عشق اوست Zanki Millat Ra Hayat Az Ishqe Oost, Bargo Saze Kainat Az Ishqe Oost

The love of the Prophet (s.a.w.) is the essence of the life of a Muslim. A Muslim who has no love for the Prophet is a dead person because the love of the Prophet (s.a.w.) comprises the factors which constitute the life of a Muslim.

COUPLET 3

تب و تاب بتکده عجم نرسد بسوز و گداز من * که بیک نگاه محمد عربی گرفت حجاز من Tabo tabe but kadai ajam narasad ba sozogudaze-man, Ki bayak nigahi mohammad-e-arabi giraft hijazeman

“The pomp and grandeur of the idols of the world are not charming and do not attract me but it is only a glance of the Prophet (s.a.w.) which has won my heart”. The poet means that his intellectual eyes do not welcome the apparent beauty of this world but are fascinated by the charm of the character of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.).