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Allama Iqbal's Beautiful Tribute to Fatima Zahra
Original poem in Farsi by Allama Sir Mohammad Iqbal, as published in his Asraar-o-Rumooz
در معنی اینکہ سیدة النساء فاطمة الزہراء
اسوہ کاملہ ایست برای نساء اسلام
مریم از یک نسبت عیسی عزیز
از سہ نسبت حضرت زہرا عزیز
Maryam is honourable only because she is the mother of Jesus,
Look at Zahra,Her honour comes from three relationships
نور چشم رحمة للعالمین
آن امام اولین و آخرین
She is the daughter of the person known as Rahmat al-lil aalameen
Who is Imam of all the (prophets) in the past and all the leaders in the future
آنکہ جان در پیکر گیتی دمید
روزگار تازہ آئین آفرید
He, who revived a dead society back to life,
And brought a new system of law
بانوی آن تاجدار ''ہل اتے''
مرتضی مشکل گشا شیر خدا
She is the wife of the one who was crowned with Hal Ata[1]
He is the chosen one, solver of all problems, the lion of God
[1] This is an allusion to the Qur'anic verses 1-12 from Sura Dahr, Chapter 76. Imam Ali gave away his meal while ready to break his fast to a beggar. Allah sent those verses in his praise.
پادشاہ و کلبہ ئی ایوان او
یک حسام و یک زرہ سامان او
He was a king but lived in a hut,
All he owned was a sword and a coat of chain[2]
[2] This is an allusion to the story when Imam Ali comes to the Prophet asking for Fatima Zahra's hand in marriage. He asks Ali: What do you have? Imam Ali replies: A sword and a coat of chain. The Prophet then says that being valiant fighter in Allah's way, he does not need a coat of chain, so he sells that to prepare for the wedding.
مادر آن مرکز پرگار عشق
مادر آن کاروان سالار عشق
Her son was the center of Love and devotion[3]
He was the chief of the army of Love
[3] These verse pertain to the eldest son of Fatima Zahra, Hasan bin Ali. Many of his virtues are recorded in books of hadeeth.
آن یکی شمع شبستان حرم
حافظ جمعیت خیرالامم
He was a burning light in the gathering in the HARAM,
He was the protector of the best of the communities
تا نشیند آتش پیکار و کین
پشت پا زد بر سر تاج و نگین
He kicked the throne and the crown aside[4],
Only because he did not want to see the fire of killing and hatred
[4] Hasan abdicated in favour of Mu'awiyyah to avoid bloodshed and warfare
وان دگر مولای ابرار جہان
قوت بازوی احرار جہان
And the other son (of hers) is the leader of the pious
He gave strength to all the revolutionaries of the world
در نوای زندگی سوز از حسین
اہل حق حریت آموز از حسین
Husayn gives passion to the ode of humanity
The truthful people learned the lesson of freedom from Husayn[5,6]
[5] An allusion to the passion of Karbala. Compare this with P.B. Shelly's famous lines: "Our sweetest songs are those which are sung in the saddest tones."
[6] Husayn stood up to a tyrant's demand instead of compromising his principles
سیرت فرزند ہا از امہات
جوہر صدق و صفا از امہات
The character of sons are built by their mothers
The true mettle of truthfulness and honesty come from the mothers
مزرع تسلیم را حاصل بتول
مادران را اسوۂ کامل بتول
Butool was the epitome of the devotion to Allah
For mothers she is a guiding example
بہر محتاجی دلش آنگونہ سوخت
با یہودی چادر خود را فروخت
Her heart was so overwhelmed by the plight of the poor[9]
That she sold her own chadar to a Jew
[8] Allusion to another story from the life of Fatima Zahra
نوری و ہم آتشی فرمانبرش
گم رضایش در رضای شوہرش
Both angels and Jinn are in her obedience,
(Because) she was obedient to her own husband
آن ادب پروردۂ صبر و رضا
آسیا گردان و لب قرآن سرا
She was raised with SABR and submission
Her lips would be reading Qur'an while her hands would be moving the hand mill
گریہ ہای او ز بالین بی نیاز
گوہر افشاندی بدامان نماز
She wept for fear of Allah
She shed tears during her prayers
اشک او بر چید جبریل از زمین
ہمچو شبنم ریخت بر عرش برین
Jibreel would pick up her tears from the earth
So that he may spread dew-drops in Jannah
رشتۂ آئین حق زنجیر پاست
پاس فرمان جناب مصطفی است
I am bound by the law of Islam,
I am beholden to the sayings of the Prophet
ورنہ گرد تربتش گردیدمی
سجدہ ہا بر خاک او پاشیدمی
Otherwise, I would have gone round and round her gravesite,
And I would have done sajdah on her grave
* Qur'anic verse 51:56, "I have not created the Jinn and the men except that they would worship Me."