Shayari
yahi zamaana-e-haazir ki kaaenaat hai kyaa
dimaagh raushan o dil tiira o nigah bebaak
nahin minnat-kash-e-taab-e-shunidan daastaan meri
khamoshi guftugu hai be-zabaani hai zabaan meri
نہیں منت کش تاب شنیدن داستاں میری
خموشی گفتگو ہے بے زبانی ہے زباں میری
nahīñ minnat-kash-e-tāb-e-shunīdan dāstāñ merī
ḳhamoshī guftugū hai be-zabānī hai zabāñ merī

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
View all quotes by Allama Iqbalyahi zamaana-e-haazir ki kaaenaat hai kyaa
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
jis khet se dahqaan ko mayassar nahin rozi
us khet ke har khosha-e-gandum ko jalaa do
baatil se dabne vaale ai aasmaan nahin ham
sau baar kar chukaa hai tu imtihaan hamaaraa
main baDaa ho gayaa huun magar bachpanaa
mere dil se kabhi bhi gayaa hi nahin
main bachpan mein khilaune toDtaa thaa
mire anjaam ki vo ibtidaa thi
tere baare mein agar khaamosh huun main aaj tak
phir tire haq mein kisi kaa faisla kaise huaa
milte ho to ab tum bhi bahut rahte ho khaamosh
kyaa tum ko bhi ab meri khabar hone lagi hai
jaa paDe chup ho ke jab shahr-e-khamoshaan mein 'nazir'
ye ghazal ye rekhta ye sher-khvaani phir kahaan
har ek baat ko chup-chaap kyuun sunaa jaae
kabhi to hausla kar ke nahin kahaa jaae