मता-ए-दीन-ओ-दानिश लुट गई अल्लाह-वालों की
ये किस काफ़िर-अदा का ग़म्ज़ा-ए-ख़ूँ-रेज़ है साक़ी
— Allama Iqbal
Meaning
The pleasure of religion and wisdom has been plundered from the people of Allah; oh Saqi (cupbearer), whose agony of blood is this, from whom has the art of the disbeliever taken away?
Explanation
This profound couplet is a lamentation over the decline of spiritual and intellectual life. The poet laments that the essence of faith and knowledge has been looted from the pious. He then challenges the 'Sāqī' (cupbearer), asking who could be responsible for this corruption—it must be the glance of a disbeliever. It is a powerful social critique, urging people to reclaim their devotion and wisdom.
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