THIS NEW 'VERSE' WAS REVEALED TO ME FROM THE JAIL
Translation
This
new `verse’ was revealed to me from the jail
That the Qur’«n is in the Gât« and the Gât« is in the Qur’«n
How well friendship developed between Shaikh and Brahman
In this battle after all neither this nor that was winning
“Badrâ” was already disgusted with the temple
“Masât«” does not step out of the mosque, he is stubborn1
Explanatory Notes
1.
Badrâ and Masât«
respectively are names of an uneducated village Hindu and Muslim in the Indian
sub-continent.
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