Shayari
yahi zamaana-e-haazir ki kaaenaat hai kyaa
dimaagh raushan o dil tiira o nigah bebaak
jis khet se dahqaan ko mayassar nahin rozi
us khet ke har khosha-e-gandum ko jalaa do
جس کھیت سے دہقاں کو میسر نہیں روزی
اس کھیت کے ہر خوشۂ گندم کو جلا دو
jis khet se dahqāñ ko mayassar nahīñ rozī
us khet ke har ḳhosha-e-gandum ko jalā do

Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a philosopher, poet, and politician whose poetry revolves around self-realisation and the ideal of a perfect human being.
Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a philosopher, poet, and politician whose poetry revolves around self-realisation and the ideal of a perfect human being.
1877–1938
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dimaagh raushan o dil tiira o nigah bebaak
tamannaa dard-e-dil ki ho to kar khidmat faqiron ki
nahin miltaa ye gauhar baadshaahon ke khazinon mein
zindagaani ki haqiqat kohkan ke dil se puchh
ju-e-shir o tesha o sang-e-giraan hai zindagi
hakim o aarif o suufi tamaam mast-e-zahur
kise khabar ki tajalli hai ain-e-masturi
DhunDtaa phirtaa huun main 'iqbaal' apne aap ko
aap hi goyaa musaafir aap hi manzil huun main
baatil se dabne vaale ai aasmaan nahin ham
sau baar kar chukaa hai tu imtihaan hamaaraa
gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae
nahin nahin main bahut khush rahaa huun tere baghair
yaqin kar ki ye haalat abhi abhi hui hai
aisi khushiyaan to kitaabon mein mileingi shaayad
khatm ab ghar kaa tasavvur hai makaan baaqi hai
tu kahaan rahti hai puchhaa thaa kisi ne ek din
main ghamon ke saath rahti huun khushi kahne lagi
ye do-dili mein rahaa ghar na ghaaT kaa 'anjum'
buton ko kar na sakaa khush khudaa ko paa na sakaa
rang ho raushni ho yaa khushbu
sab mein partav usi hasin ke hain