jzubairi@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Junaid Ahmed Zubairi) (09/04/90)
---------------------------------------------------------------------- (THESE COUPLETS ARE TAKEN FROM DR. IQBAL'S POEM "IBLEES KEE MAJLIS-E-SHURA" (DEVIL'S ADVISORY COUNCIL) IN WHICH DEVIL IS COMMENTING UPON MUSLIMS AND THEIR ROLE IN THE WORLD. IBLEES (To his advisors) ------------------------- Alhazar aeen-e-peghamber sai so bar al-hazar hafiz-e-namoos-e-zan, mard azma, mard afreen (KEEP AWAY FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF HOLY PROPHET!! HUNDRED TIMES!) ( (WHICH ORDERS TO)PROTECT THE HONOUR OF WOMEN, FIGHT BRAVELY, AND CULTIVATE COURAGE) mot ka paigham har noai ghulami kai leeyai moonimon ko maal-o-daulat ka banata hai ameen (IT IS THE MESSAGE OF DEATH FOR ALL KIND OF SLAVERY) (IT MAKES THE RICH ONES GUARDIANS OF WEALTH(INSTEAD OF OWNERS)) is sai barh kar aur kia fikr-o-nazar ka inqilab badshahon kee nahin Allah kee hai yeh zameen (WHAT ELSE CAN BE GREATER THAN THIS REVOLUTION OF THOUGHT AND VISION) (THAT THIS EARTH BELONGS TO GOD AND NOT TO THE KINGS) chashm-e-alam sai rahai poshida yeh aeen to khoob yeh ghaneemat hai kai khud momin hai mehroom-e-yaqeen (IT'S BETTER THAT THIS CONSTITUTION BE HIDDEN FROM THE EYES OF THE WORLD) (THIS IS SUFFICIENT (FOR NOW) THAT MOMIN IS HIMSELF DEVOID OF BELIEF) hai yehi behter ilaheeyat main uljha rahai yeh kitabullah kee taweelat main uljha rahai (ITS' BETTER THAT HE REMAINS ENTANGLED IN ILAHEEYAT PROBLEMS) (AND REMAINS BUSY IN TAWEELAT OF THE BOOK OF GOD) sorry for any tranlsation mistakes. I have left the original words intact where I did not translate to avoid any semantic error. Junaid Zubairi