I was just checking out Junaid Jamshed's new tracks, most of his urdu is very complex anyway, but I came across this one... and im really intrigued by it. I picked up some of it but I want to know if anyone can find a translation. Its as though he is telling a story but I can't piece it together and im not sure who he is referring to. The urdu sounds amazing anyway...
....If thou knowest not thy God, thou art a slave of men;
And if thou dost, thy slaves are kings and potentates.
The heart’s freedom is kingly; its slavery is death,
It is for thee to decide — to be a king or a slave.
[Baal-e-Jibreel, Allama Iqbal 1935]
This is about Sahaba as a whole. A very rough summary of this is poem is:
Their lives were governed by Quran and Sharia. They were neither less nor more in religion.
Thanks for sharing.
It is very poetic, so i guess it would be difficult to translate it literally without comprimising some of its value.
....If thou knowest not thy God, thou art a slave of men;
And if thou dost, thy slaves are kings and potentates.
The heart’s freedom is kingly; its slavery is death,
It is for thee to decide — to be a king or a slave.
[Baal-e-Jibreel, Allama Iqbal 1935]
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