ilm ki wusat ka koi bhi sira hota nahin
ilm ki kashti ka koi nakhuda hota nahin

ilm walon ko muqaddar se gila hota nahin
ilm walon ka koi bhi juz khuda hota nahin

ilm hai to dar-haqiqat aadmi hai aadmi
ilm hai to us ki duniya mein rahegi raushni

ilm wo shai hai jise koi chura sakta nahin
chhinna chahe ise koi to pa sakta nahin

ilm hai to zindagi koi dikha sakta nahin
ilm hai to aadmi dozakh mein ja sakta nahin

ilm hi se ab jihaalat ko mitaya jaega
ilm se aazad hindostan banaya jaega

ilm duniya-e-jahaalat mein hai lata inqalab
ilm chamkata hai zarron ko bana kar mahtab

ilm se aalam ka rukh jaise shagufta ho gulab
ilm hi se dur hota hai hamesha pech-o-tab

ilm raushan karta hai tarikiyon ko is tarah
rasta batlae bijli baadalon mein jis tarah

jis kisi ne pa liya hai ilm ka rangin bagh
jis kisi ne ilm ki rahon ka paya hai suragh

mustaqil us ke irade us ka raushan hai dimagh
aandhiyan bhi ab bujha sakti nahin us ka charagh

azmat-e-ilm-o-hunar se badh ke koi shai nahin
qadr-o-qimat ahl-e-fan ki har jagah hai har kahin