Lord Ram and Urdu poet Allama Iqbal

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By Justice Markandey Katju

Lord Ram and Urdu poet Allama Iqbal



Urdu poet Iqbal wrote about Lord Ram, calling him Imam-e-Hind :

"है राम के वजूद पे हिन्दोस्ताँ को नाज़

अहल-ए-नज़र समझते हैं इस को इमाम-ए-हिंद

लबरेज़ है शराब-ए-हक़ीक़त से जाम-ए-हिंद

सब फ़लसफ़ी हैं ख़ित्ता-ए-मग़रिब के राम-ए-हिंद

ये हिन्दियों की फ़िक्र-ए-फ़लक-रस का है असर

रिफ़अत में आसमाँ से भी ऊँचा है बाम-ए-हिंद

इस देस में हुए हैं हज़ारों मलक-सरिश्त

मशहूर जिन के दम से है दुनिया में नाम-ए-हिंद

है राम के वजूद पे हिन्दोस्ताँ को नाज़

अहल-ए-नज़र समझते हैं इस को इमाम-ए-हिंद"


~अल्लामा इक़बाल

In this poem, Iqbal eulogises Ram whom he calls Imam-e-Hind ( Spiritual leader of India )

Labrez hai sharab-i-haqiqat se jam-i-Hind!

Sab falsafi hain khitta-i-maghrib ke ram-i-Hind

Yeh hindiyon ke fikr-i-falak ras ka hai asar,

Rifat men asman se bhi ooncha hai bam-i-Hind

Rifat men asman se bhi ooncha hai bam-i-Hind

Is des men huey hain hazaron malak sarisht,

Mashoor jinke dam se hai duniya men nam-i-Hind

Hai Ram ke wujood Pe Hindostan ko naz,

Ahle nazar samajhte hain usko imam-i-Hind!

Ejaz us chiragh-e-hidayat ka hai yahi

Raushan tar as sahar hai zamane men sham-i-Hind!

Talwar ka dhani tha, shujat men fard tha!

Pakeezgi men josh-i-mohabbat men fard tha!

The cup of Hind

overflows with the wine of truth.

Philosophers of the Western world

are its devotees.

The mysticism of her philosophers

makes Hind’s star soar above all constellations.

Thousands of angels have descended

to proclaim Hind’s name before the world.

And proud of his existence

the discerning eye sees in Ram, a prophet.

The glow from this lamp of wisdom

makes Hind’s evening more radiant

than the world’s daybreak.

Valrous, brave, a master swordsman!

In purity, in love, Ram was unmatched.

(Justice Katju is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. These are his personal views.)

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