Zarb-e-Kaleem-010) Musalman Ka Zawal

Musalman Ka Zawal

The Decline Of The Muslims 

Agarcha Zar Bhi Jahan Mein Hai Qazi-Ul-Hajat

Jo Faqar Se Hai Mayassar, Toungari Se Nahin

Though wealth and gold provide the worldly needs of man

But what faqr can bestow no wealth or gold eʹer can. 

Agar Jawan Hon Meri Qoum Ke Jasoor-o-Ghayyoor

Qalandari Meri Kuch Kam Sikandari Se Nahin

If youth of nation mine were jealous of their creed, 

My qalandarʹs state wonʹt mind Alexanderʹs might indeed. 

Sabab Kuch Aur Hai, Tu Jis Ko Khud Samajhta Hai

Zawal Banda-e-Momin Ka Be-Zarri Se Nahi

With ease you can divine to some thing else is due:

Penury can not cause decline of Muslims True. 

Agar Jahan Mein Jouhar Aashkara Huwa

Qalandari Se Huwa Hai, Toungari Se Nahin

Wealth has played no part to bring my worth to light

My faqr this spell has cast, the share of wealth is slight.

(Zarb-e-Kaleem-009) Zameen-o-Asman

Zameen-o-Asman

The Earth And The Sky

Mumkin Hai Ke Tu Jis Ko Samajhta Hai Baharan

Auron Ki Nighahonmein Woh Mousam Ho Khazan Ka

Perhaps the part of year that Spring you deem,

In othersʹ view destructive Autumn it may seem!

Hai Silsila Ahwal Ka Har Lehza Dirgargoon

Ae Salik-e-Reh, Fikar Na Kar Sood-o-Zayan Ka

The worldly affairs one pattern donʹt retain,

So pilgrim wise, think not of loss and gain!

Shaid Ke Zameen Hai Ye Kisi Aur Jahan Ki

Tu Jis Ko Samajhta Hai Falak Apne Jahan Ka!

The thing you take for sky of earthly tract,

Perhaps is soil of some other world in fact!

(Zarb-e-Kaleem-008) Aik Falsafa-zada Syed Zadde Ke Naam

Aik Falsafa Zada Syed Zade Ke Naam

Admonition To A Philosophy Stricken Sayyid

Tu Apni Khudi Agar Na Khota

Zunnari-e-Bargsan Na Hota

If your self had not been debased and lost,

Bergson, his spell on you would not have cast.

Heegal Ka Sadaf Guhar Se Khali

Hai Uss Ka Tilism Sub Khayali

Hegelʹs shell is quite devoid of gem that gleams,

His talisman merely web of fancy seems.

Mohkam Kaise Ho Zindagi

Kis Tarah Khudi Ho La-Zamani!

Manʹs need is how this earthly life to brace,

He yearns that self may last ʹyond Time and Space.

Adam Ko Sabat Ki Talab Hai

Dastoor-e-Hayat Ki Talab Hai

To have a life steadfast is his desire,

He seeks some rules to guide his life entire.

Dunya Ki Asha Ho Jis Se Ishraaq

Momin Ki Azan Nidaye Afaq

The source, that gloom dispels, spreads light around,

Is worship call at morn with clarion sound.

Main Asal Ka Khas Somanti

Aaba Mere Lati-o-Manati

I am by breed a pure and trite Somnati,

Ancestors mine were both Lati and Manati.

Tu Syed-e-Hashmi Ki Aulad

Meri Kaf-e-Khak Barhman Zad

You hail from Hashemite Prophetʹs race,

My origin from Brahmans I have to trace.

Hai Falsafa Mere Aab-o-Gil Mein

Poshida Hai Raisha Haye Dil Mein

Philosophy is my bodyʹs essential part,

It is rooted deep in fibers of my heart.

Iqbal Agarche Behunar Hai

Iss Ki Rag Rag Se Ba-Khabar Hai

Iqbal devoid of skill and craft though be,

Through every vein of thought can fully see.

Shaula Hai Tere Junoon Ka Be-Souz

Sun Mujh Se Ye Nukta-e-Dil Afroz

The frenzy in your breast is shorn of glow,

This heart illuming point you ought to know.

Anjam-e-Khirad Hai Be Huzoori

Hai Falsafa Zindagi Se Doori

Intellect leads a man from God astray,

Philosophy from grasping facts keeps away.

Afkar Ke Naghma Haye Be Soot

Hain Zauq-e-Amal Ke Waste Mout

Dumb strains produced by calm and serious thought 

Slay zeal for active life and achieve not aught.

Deen-e-Maslak-e-Zindagi Ki Taqween

Deen-e-Sirr-e-Muhammad (S.A.W.)-o-Baraheem (A.S.)

True faith and creed give strength to earthly life,

Abraham (AS) and Prophets (PBUH)ʹ Seal guide to face its strife.

“Dil Dar Sukhan-e-Muhammadi (S.A.W.) Band

Ae Por-e-Ali (R.A.) Za Bu Ali Chand!

Ali (RA)ʹs son, you are deceived by Avicennaʹs thought,

Give ears to what the Holy Prophet (PBUH) taught.

Choon Didah-e-Rah Been Nadari

Qaid Qarshi Ba Az Bukhari”

You can not see the path you have to tread,

So choose a guide from tribe of Quraysh instead.

Farsi Ashaar Hakeem Khaqani Ki ‘Tohfa-Ul-Arifeen’ Se Hain

Persain Couplets are from Hakim Khaqani's book 'Tuhfa tul Aaraqeen'

Zarb-e-Kaleem-007) Miraj

Meeraj

Ascension

 De Walwala-e-Shauq Jise Lazzat-e-Parwaz

Kar Sakta Hai Woh Zarra Mah-o-Mehr Ko Taraaj

A mote endowed with strong desire for flight 

Can reach the Sun and Moon with effort slight.

Mushkil Nahin Yaraan-e-Chaman! Maarka-e-Baaz

Pursouz Agar Ho Nafs-e-Sina-e-Durraj

If chest of partridge fire and zeal emit,

My friends, in fight with hawk it can acquit.

Nawak Hai Musalman, Hadaf Iss Ka Hai Surreya

Hai Sirr-e-Sara Parda-e-Jaan Nukta-e-Miraaj

Ascension means to gauge a Muslimʹs heart,

The Pleiades are the target of his dart.

Tu Maanni-e-‘Wannajam’ Na Samajha To Ajab Kya

Hai Tera Mad-o-Jazar Abhi Chand Ka Mohtaaj

No wonder, meanings of Najm from you hide,

On Moon depends your oceanʹs ebb and tide.

(Zarb-e-Kaleem-006) Tan Ba Taqdeer

Tan-Ba-Taqdeer

Submission To Fate

Issi Quran Mein Hai Ab Tark-e-Jahan Ki Taleem

Jis Ne Momin Ko Banaya Meh-o-Parveen Ka Ameer

The Quranic teaching that did bring the Moon and Pleiades within human 

Is now explained in manner strange, ’Twixt man and world to cause a breach.

‘Tan Ba Taqdeer’ Hai Aaj Un Ke Amal Ka Andaz

Thi Nihan Jin Ke Iradon Mein Khuda Ki Taqdeer

Their mode of work has changed entire, Before the freaks of Fate they bow: 

They had a say in what God decreed, But Muslims have now fallen low.

Tha Jo ‘Na-Khoob’ Batadreej Wohi ‘Khoob’ Huwa

Ke Ghulami Mein Badal Jata Hai Qoumon Ka Zameer

What was so evil has by steps  put on the shape of good and fine: 

In state of bondage, as is known, the shift of conscience is quite sure.

(Zarb-e-Kaleem-005) LA ILAHA ILLALLAH (لا الہٰ الا اللہ) NO GOD BUT ALLAH 

La Ilaha Illallah

NO GOD BUT ALLAH

Khudi Ka Sirr-e-Nihan La Ilaha Illallah

Khudi Hai Taeg, Fasan La Ilaha Illallah

The secret of the self is hid, In words "No god but He alone."

 The self is just a dull-edged sword, "No god but He," the grinding stone.

Ye Dour Apne Baraheem Ki Talash Mein Hai

Sanam Kudah Hai Jahan, La Ilaha Illallah

An Abraham by the age is sought to break the idols of this Hall:

 The avowal of God's Oneness can make all these idols headlong fall.

Kiya Hai Tu Ne Mataa-e-Ghuroor Ka Soda

Faraib Sood-o-Zayan, La Ilaha Illallah

A bargain you have struck for goods of life, a step, that smacks conceit,

 All save the call "No god but He," is merely fraught with fraud and deceit.

Ye Maal-o-Doulat-e-Dunya, Ye Rishta-o-Pewand

Butan-e-Weham-o-Guman, La Ilaha Illallah

The worldly wealth and riches too, ties of blood and friends a dream

The idols wrought by doubts untrue, all save God's Oneness empty seem.

Khird Huwi Hai Zaman-o-Makan Ki Zunnari

Na Hai Zaman Na Makan, La Ilaha Illallah

The mind has worn the holy thread of Time and Space like pagans all

Though Time and Space both illusive "No god but He" is true withal.

Ye Naghma Fasl-e-Gul-o-Lala Ka Nahin Paband

Bahar Ho Ke Khazan, La Ilaha Illallah

These melodious songs are not confined to time when rose and tulip bloom

Whatever the season of year be "No god but He" must ring till doom.

Agarche But Hain Jamat Ki Astinon Mein

Mujhe Hai Hukm-e-Azan, La Ilaha Illallah

Many idols are still concealed in their sleeves by the Faithful Fold,

 I am ordained by Almighty Allah to raise the call and be much bold.

Zarb-e-Kaleem-004) (Islam Aur Musalman) Subah

Islam Aur Mussalman

Subah

Dawn 

Ye Sehar Jo Kabhi Farda Hai Kabhi Hai Amroz

Nahin Maloom Ke Hoti Hai Kahan Se Paida

The morn (morning) that shifts so soon tomorrow new, 

Whence it comes is only known to few:

Woh Sehar Jis Se Larazta Hai Shabistan-e-Wujood

Hoti Hai Banda-e-Momin Ki Azan Se Paida

The dark abode of being is shook by morn, 

Which by Muslimʹs call to prayer is born.

Bhopal (Sheesh Mehal) Mein Likhe Gye