Iqbal on Communal Harmony

1. Ye Aaya-e-Nau, Jail Se Nazil Huwi Mujh Par

Gita Mein Hai Quran To Quran Mein Geeta

2. Kya Khoob Huwi Dosti-e-Sheikh-o-Barhman

Iss Jang Mein Akhir Na Ye Hara Na Woh Jeeta

3. Mandar Se To Bezar Tha Pehle Hi Se ‘Badri’

Masjid Se Nikalta Nahin, Ziddi Hai ‘Masita’

Meaning:

1.This new ‘verse’ was revealed to me from the jail

That the Quran is in the Gita and the Gita is in the Quran

2. How well friendship developed between Sheikh and Brahmin

In this battle after all neither this nor that was winning

3. “Badri” was already disgusted with the temple

“Masita” does not step out of the mosque, he is stubborn.

By Allama Iqbal