Reason and Heart(aqal aur dil) By Iqbal in English

           REASON

One day reason said to the Heart:

I am a guide for those who are lost.

I live on the earth, but I roam the skies

Just see the vastness of my reach.

My task in the world is to guide and lead,

I am like Khizar of blessed steps.

I interpret the book of life,

And through me Divine Glory shines forth!

You are no more than a drop of blood,

While I am the envy of the priceless pearl !!!

     

   he Heart's Answer

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The Heart listened, and then said: This is all true,

But now look at me, and see what I am!!!

You penetrate the secret of existence,

But I see it with my eyes!!!

You deal with the outward aspects of things

I know what lies within!!! (The outward pertains to the phenomenal world, the inward to matters of the Heart and soul)

Knowledge comes from You, intuitive knowledge of spiritual truth from me!!!

You seek GOD, I reveal HIM!

Attaining the ultimate in knowledge makes one restless –

I am the cure for that ailment!!!

You are the candle of the Assembly of Truth;

I am the lamp of the Assembly of Beauty!!!

You are hampered by space and time,

While I am the "bird in the Lotus tree" (Taaeyr-e-Sidraa, see above in Urdu)

My status is so high –

I am the throne of the Majesty of GOD (According to sufistic saying, the world is too small a place to house GOD, but a believer’s Heart is large enough to house Him)