Meaning
If you are good, the world seems good to you.
Literally: if you are good, the world is good
See it in the verse
Aap bhale to jag bhala in Iqbal’s couplets
Ye jannat mubarak rahe zahidon ko
Ki main aap ka samna chahta hun
Ki main aap ka samna chahta hun
Let the pious keep their paradise, and welcome to it — I want only to come face to face with You.
Love · Aspiration
Roz-e-hisab jab pesh ho mera daftar-e-amal
Aap bhi sharmsar ho mujh ko bhi sharmsar kar
Aap bhi sharmsar ho mujh ko bhi sharmsar kar
On the Day of Reckoning, when the ledger of my deeds is laid out, be Yourself abashed even as You make me ashamed.
Humility · Love · Courage
Dhundta phirta hun ae Iqbal apne aap ko
Aap hi goya musafir aap hi manzil hun main
Aap hi goya musafir aap hi manzil hun main
I wander about searching for myself, O Iqbal — I am, it seems, at once the traveller and the destination.
Self-Knowledge · Selfhood
Dhoondta phirta hoon main Iqbal apne aap ko
Aap hi goya musafir aap hi manzil hoon main
Aap hi goya musafir aap hi manzil hoon main
I wander about, Iqbal, searching for my own self — as if I am at once the traveller and the destination.
Self-Knowledge · Restlessness · Selfhood
Tumhari tahzib apne khanjar se aap hi khud-kushi karegi
Jo shakh-e-nazuk pe aashiyana banega na-paedar hoga
Jo shakh-e-nazuk pe aashiyana banega na-paedar hoga
Your civilisation will take its own life with its own dagger; a nest built on a fragile branch will never last.
Adversity · Self-Knowledge · Justice