jamhuriyat ik tarz-e-hukumat hai ki jis men bandon ko gina karte hain taula nahin karte
allama iqbal critiques a democracy that reduces human beings to headcounts. “counting” stands for votes and sheer majority, while “weighing” symbolizes judging people by merit, character, and moral worth. the emotional core is disillusionment: a system may look fair outwardly yet ignore real justice. the couplet warns that quantity can overpower quality when governance becomes only arithmetic.