Shayari
Khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqdeer se pehle
Khuda bande se khud pooche, bata teri raza kya hai
masjid to banā dī shab bhar meñ īmāñ kī harārat vāloñ ne
man apnā purānā paapī hai barsoñ meñ namāzī ban na sakā

Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a philosopher, poet, and politician whose poetry revolves around self-realisation and the ideal of a perfect human being.
Khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqdeer se pehle
Khuda bande se khud pooche, bata teri raza kya hai
saare jahāñ se achchhā hindostāñ hamārā
ham bulbuleñ haiñ is kī ye gulsitāñ hamārā
ye jannat mubārak rahe zāhidoñ ko
ki maiñ aap kā sāmnā chāhtā huuñ
vatan kī fikr kar nādāñ musībat aane vaalī hai
tirī barbādiyoñ ke mashvare haiñ āsmānoñ meñ
andāz-e-bayāñ garche bahut shoḳh nahīñ hai
shāyad ki utar jaa.e tire dil meñ mirī baat
sau sau umīdeñ bañdhtī hai ik ik nigāh par
mujh ko na aise pyaar se dekhā kare koī
Dil dhoondta hai phir wahi fursat-e-shab-o-roz
Naaz uthana, naaz uthana, naaz uthana
yuuñ to qadam qadam pe hai dīvār sāmne
koī na ho to ḳhud se ulajh jaanā chāhiye
vo maqāmāt-e-muqaddas vo tire gumbad o qaus
aur mirā aise nishānāt kā zaa.er honā
hamārā 'mīr'-jī se muttafiq honā hai nā-mumkin
uThānā hai jo patthar ishq kā to halkā bhārī kyā
sar pā-e-ḳhum pe chāhiye hañgām-e-be-ḳhudī
rū sū-e-qibla vaqt-e-munājāt chāhiye
yuuñ to ham the yūñhī kuchh misl-e-anār-o-mahtāb
jab hameñ aag dikhā.e to tamāshā niklā