Bal-e-Jibril: 136<br />Mullah aur Bahisht<br /><br />Gabriel's Wing: 136<br />Heaven and The Priest<br /><br />Main Bhi Hazir Tha Wahan, Zabt-e-Sukhan Kar Na Saka<br />Haq Se Jab Hazrat-e-Mullah Ko Mila Hukm-e-Bahisht<br /><br />Being present there, my impetuous tongue to silence I could not resign<br />When an order from God of admission on high came the way of that reverend divine;<br /><br />Arz Ki Main Ne, Elahi! Meri Takseer Maaf<br />Khush Na Ayen Ge Isse Hoor-o-Sharab-o-Lab-e-Kisht<br /><br />I humbly addressed the Almighty: O Lord, Excuse this presumption of mine,<br />But he’ll never relish the virgins of heaven, The garden’s green borders, the wine!<br /><br />Nahin Fardous Maqam-e-Jadal-o-Qaal-o-Aqwal<br />Behas-o-Takrak Iss Allah Ke Bande Ki Sarisht<br /><br />For paradise isn’t place for a preacher to meddle and meddle and mangle,<br />And he, pious man—second nature to him is the need to dispute and to jangle;<br /><br />Hai Badamozi-e-Aqwam-o-Milal Kaam Iss Ka<br />Aur Jannat Mein Na Masjid, Na Kalisa, Na Kunisht!<br /><br />His business has been to set folk by the ears and get nations and sects in a tangle:<br />Up there in the sky is no Mosque and no Church and no Temple—with whom will he wrangle?<br /><br /> Lyrics by: Allama Iqbal<br /> Recited by: Zia Mohyeddin Sahib<br /> Recitation courtesy: Iqbal Academy Pakistan<br /><br /> English Translation: V.G. Kiernan<br /><br /> Lyrics (sources)<br /><br />~ Urdu (allamaiqbal.com): https://bit.ly/3jj605k<br />~ English and Roman Urdu (iqbalurdu.blogspot.com): https://bit.ly/3jmtPJB<br /><br />⚫ Artwork<br /><br />~ AI art, generated with Midjourney.<br /><br /> Music<br /><br />Hidden Gods by Nick Froud<br /><br />~ Music from Tunetank.com<br />Hidden Gods - Nick Froud (Copyright Free Music)<br />Download free: https://tunetank.com/track/4081-hidden-gods/<br /><br />♦️Hashtags<br /><br />#allamaiqbal<br />#iqbaliyat<br />#aadhibaat<br />#allamaiqbalpoetry<br />#urduadab<br />#urdushayari<br />#urdupoetry<br /><br /> Our socials<br /><br />~ https://linktr.ee/aadhibaat<br /><br /> Read Explanation<br /><br />~ https://aadhibaat.org/bal-e-jibril-136-mullah-aur-bahisht/
