*LION OF GOD, THE HAIDER: The titles of the fourth Caliph of Islam Ali bin Abu Talib whose wondrous deeds of courage and bravery glorify Islam and Muslims to this day.
The first stanza of this poem is a literal translation of a couplet by the Poet of the East, Dr. Mohammad Iqbal, from his anthology of poems in Urdu. The last stanza is an inspired thought of my own based, of course, on Allama Iqbal's verse.
