Zohd Aur Rindi

ek maulwi sahab ki sunata hun kahani

tezi nahin manzur tabiat ki dikhani

shohra tha bahut aap ki sufi-manushi ka

karte the adab un ka aaali o adani

kahte the ki pinhan hai tasawwuf mein shariat

jis tarah ki alfaz mein muzmar hon maani

labrez mai-e-zohd se thi dil ki surahi

thi tah mein kahin durd-e-KHayal-e-hama-dani

karte the bayan aap karamat ka apni

manzur thi tadad muridon ki baDhani

muddat se raha karte the ham-sae mein mere

thi rind se zahid ki mulaqat purani

hazrat ne mere ek shanasa se ye puchha

'iqbaal' ki hai qumri-e-shamshad-e-maani

pabandi-e-ahkaam-e-shariat mein hai kaisa

go sher mein hai rashk-e-kalim-e-hamdani

sunta hun ki kafir nahin hindu ko samajhta

hai aisa aqida asar-e-falsafa-dani

hai us ki tabiat mein tashayyo bhi zara sa

tafzil-e-ali hum ne suni us ki zabani

samjha hai ki hai rag ibaadat mein daKHil

maqsud hai mazhab ki magar KHak uDani

kuchh aar use husn-faramoshon se nahin hai

aadat ye hamare shora ki hai purani

gana jo hai shab ko to sahar ko hai tilawat

is ramz ke ab tak na khule hum pe maani

lekin ye suna apne muridon se hai main ne

be-dagh hai manind-e-sahar us ki jawani

majmua-e-azdad hai 'iqbaal' nahin hai

dil daftar-e-hikmat hai tabiat KHafaqani

rindi se bhi aagah shariat se bhi waqif

puchho jo tasawwuf ki to mansur ka sani

us shaKHs ki hum par to haqiqat nahin khulti

hoga ye kisi aur hi islam ka bani

al-qissa bahut tul diya waz ko apne

ta-der rahi aap ki ye naghz-bayani

is shahr mein jo baat ho uD jati hai sab mein

main ne bhi suni apne ahibba ki zabani

ek din jo sar-e-rah mile hazrat-e-zahid

phir chhiD gai baaton mein wahi baat purani

farmaya shikayat wo mohabbat ke sabab thi

tha farz mera rah shariat ki dikhani

main ne ye kaha koi gila mujh ko nahin hai

ye aap ka haq tha ze-rah-e-qurb-e-makani

KHam hai sar-e-taslim mera aap ke aage

piri hai tawazo ke sabab meri jawani

gar aap ko malum nahin meri haqiqat

paida nahin kuchh is se qusur-e-hamadani

main KHud bhi nahin apni haqiqat ka shanasa

gahra hai mere bahr-e-KHayalat ka pani

mujh ko bhi tamanna hai ki 'iqbaal' ko dekhun

ki us ki judai mein bahut ashk-fishani

'iqbaal' bhi 'iqbaal' se aagah nahin hai

kuchh is mein tamasKHur nahin wallah nahin hai