Rise of Islam (Iqbal's Tulu-e-Islam)

                                                      Rise of  Islam Part- 6

                 Those who swooped with falconic spendour ended in helplessness,*

                 The stars emerged out of the blood of the evening twilight,

                Those who moved under water got interred in water,**

                Those who were slapped by the waves came out as pearls,

                They are the dust of the pathway who had pride on the Chemistry,

                Those who prayed to God in humility proved to be the chemist,

               

               Our slowly moving messenger, the breeze,brought the heartening news,

               Those equipped with electronic system of communication proved ill-informed,

                The sacred Harem became disgraced due to indiscretion of the Sheriff,

                The young Turks proved to be mystic and intelligent guardians,

               

                Angels and virtuous souls soaring in the sky said to the earth,

            “This creation of dust proved to be more lively, more stable, more luminous”,***

                In the world, men of Eeman live like the sun,

                They set here and rise there, set there and rise here,

                Eeman is the people’s capital for building the nation,

                This is the force which makes the fate of the nation.

                (* This couplet refers to the failed British backed Greek attack of Turkey)

           (** This couplet refers to the British naval support to the Greek named Chemistry)

                 (*** This hemistitch refers to the Turks)