Allama Muhammad Iqbal was a thinker, philosopher and a great poet
TURBAT: Allama Muhammad Iqbal was a thinker, philosopher and a great poet. He was known as the Poet of the East. In his poetry, he asked Muslims to believe in themselves and to develop self-respect because the Muslims of the subcontinent felt weak after the failure of the Khilafat Movement. Furthermore, they felt that they were being held back by the British as well as the Hindus at the time. He also dreamt of a separate homeland. Allama Iqbal gave them hope and told them they could change their destiny with faith and conviction. He also encouraged Muslim leaders and the masses to support the Quaid-e-Azam. Moreover, he was elected president of the Muslim League in 1930. He was the first politician to clearly state the Two-Nation theory. He strongly believed that Muslims were different from Hindus and needed a homeland of their own where they could live in peace. More importantly, Allama Iqbal wrote many poems and prose pieces in Persian and Urdu languages. Out of nearly 12,000 verses, 7,000 are in Persian. He is respected worldwide as a Muslim thinker of the modern times. His poetry has been translated into many European languages. He had full confidence in the Quaid-e-Azam and thought of him to be the only political leader who could unite the Muslims of India. He had written many books to encourage the Muslims of the subcontinent. He is known as our national poet. He instilled the love of Islam in many people as he tried to review the spirit which had once made the Muslims successful. In 1930, it was Iqbal who first put forward the idea that the Muslims of the subcontinent had to have their own independent state. All of Pakistan today owes him a great deal of gratitude since he inspired the Muslims of India by his poetry. I request all people to read and understand his poems because they have been an inspiration to everyone throughout the world.
Hammal Naseer
Published in The Express Tribune, December 16th, 2019.
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