بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Allamah Iqbal in his collection Pas Cheh Bayed Kard ai Aqwam-e-Sharq (What are we to do, O Nations of the East?) has a poem about present day politics, an extract of which is affected me deeply and I am sharing it below:
چون بنام مصطفی خوانم درود
از خجالت آب می گردد وجود
از خجالت آب می گردد وجود
Whenever I recite durood(salawat) in the name of Mustafa ﷺ,
shame pervades my entire existence
shame pervades my entire existence
سینهٔ تو از بتان مانند دیر
(it is as if) Love says (to me): “O slave of others, your breast is full of idols, much like a temple
از درود خود میالا نام او
So long as you are devoid of the fragrance and the hue of Muhammad ﷺ
do not pollute his name by your (empty) salutations.
Powerful and thought provoking
ReplyDelete