Am I detained as prisoner in this goal (due to any lapse on my part)? or am I forced into it (without a fault)? Am I alone subjected to this humilition and a prisoner's collar? "Any way, O Umar! If I die here, kindly have my corpse transported to Malir."
Note: The poet seems to have been worried by the following reveries:
a) What is the universe? Why was the man created in it and later recalled?
b) When the man's soul had agreed to Allah being his Lord and master, was it worth while testing his loyalty further?
c) A person commits a crime and is therefore sent to prison for a particular term. Did the man commit a crime or a sin to call for his detention in this world, which according to the Prophet's tradition, is a prison for the true believer? Does it mean a sentence of imprisonment for his life?
d) If Hazrat Adam was guilty of a particular lapse, he may have been fittingly chastised for it. But why are his off-springs subjected to this humiliation for no fault of theirs?
According to Moulana Abual Kalam Azad, the man has not been able to solve the above questions, however much he has tried to to it. It seems as it were, the first and the last pages of the constitution of the universe, which would have been helpful in this connection, have been lost.
اول آخر ایں کہنہ کتاب افتادست
The first and the last pages of this ancient book have fallen off.

For what crime am I confined to this jail?
Am I to be taunted and have chains round my neck?
Umar! if I die here, take my body to my native land.

I am in prison, but why I am in prison?
Is it only I that is tarnished, and is only my neck that is in iron?
If I die here, take my dead body to Maleer.