फ़िक्र-ए-'अरब को दे के फ़रंगी तख़य्युलात
इस्लाम को हिजाज़-ओ-यमन से निकाल दो
— Allama Iqbal
Meaning
By giving the concern of the Arabs to foreign imaginations, remove Islam from Hijaz and Yemen.
Explanation
This couplet is a powerful intellectual critique. Allama Iqbal challenges those who claim to represent the 'Arab thought' (Fikr-e-'Arab). He suggests that these modern, external imaginations (Farangi takhayyulat) are merely distractions. The core message is a warning: if the true intellectual and spiritual focus of the Arabs is diverted to foreign ideologies, then the foundational principles of Islam will inevitably be lost from its historical centers, like Hijaz and Yemen. It's a call to self-reflection and spiritual preservation.
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