یہ سحَر جو کبھی فردا ہے کبھی ہے امروز

Ye sahar jo kabhi farda hai kabhi hai imroz

نہیں معلوم کہ ہوتی ہے کہاں سے پیدا

Nahin maloom ke hoti hai kahan se paida

This dawn which is sometimes tomorrow, sometimes today,
It is not known from where it is born.

وہ سحَر جس سے لَرزتا ہے شبستانِ وجود

Woh sahar jis se larazta hai shabistan-e-wajood

ہوتی ہے بندۂ مومن کی اذاں سے پیدا

Hoti hai banda-e-momin ki azan se paida

That dawn from which the chamber of existence trembles,
Is born from the call to prayer of the true believer.

Context

This Urdu poem uses the metaphor of 'sahar' (dawn) not merely as a physical sunrise but as a profound spiritual or societal awakening, contrasting it with ordinary time. The poem attributes the emergence of this transformative 'dawn,' which shakes the very 'shabistan-e-wajood' (realm of existence), to the 'azaan' (call to prayer) of a 'banda-e-momin' (faithful servant). This evokes a common theme in Islamic-influenced poetry where genuine faith and adherence to spiritual principles are depicted as the ultimate catalysts for profound change, capable of ushering in new eras of enlightenment and shaking humanity from its slumber.