The Mosque of Cordova (Masjid-e-Qurtaba)  – Allama Iqbal Poem from Baal-e-Jibreel

Allama Iqbal photo at Cordova – Masjid-e -Qurtaba

Masjid-e-Qurtaba is a poem Allama Iqbal wrote at Cordova Mosque, which is considered one of the greatest of Islamic monuments. Allama had a great reverence for Andalucia and great Umayyad General Tariq bin Zayyad, who led a handful of Arab forces via sea to invade and conquer southern Spain.

“Tariq Undulas key Maidaan Main” is one of Iqbal’s most renowned poems, which begins by the famous verse:

“Yeh Ghazi, yeh teray Pur-israr banday
Jinhain too nain bakhsha hai Zauq-e-Khudai”

“These Veterans, these mysterious men!
Whom you (God) has blessed with divine perception (to rule the worlds)!”

Below are selected verses from the poem Masjid-e-Qartaba with English translation, a personal favourite:

عشق کی تقویم میں عصر رواں کے سوا

اور زمانے بھی ہے جن کا نہیں کوئی نام
عشق دم جبریل ، عشق دل مصطفیٰ
عشق خدا کا رسول ، عشق خدا کا کلام

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