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ڈاکٹر سر علامہ محمد اقبال (9 نومبر 1877ء تا 21 اپریل 1938ء) بیسویں صدی کے ایک معروف شاعر، مصنف، قانون دان، سیاستدان، مسلم صوفی اور تحریک پاکستان کی اہم ترین شخصیات میں سے ایک تھے۔ اردو اور فارسی میں شاعری کرتے تھے اور یہی ان کی بنیادی وجۂ شہرت ہے۔ شاعری میں بنیادی رجحان تصوف اور احیائے امت اسلام کی طرف تھا۔

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Continue reading »]]> Every human being has many aspects of his life. One may excel in one or two of them. Iqbal not only had multidimensional personality but he excelled in all of them. He was a par excellence poet, a magnificent philosopher, outstanding scholar, a great historian, an outstanding writer, a political analyst, a superb leader and a wonderful human being.  Leaders like Iqbal are born in centuries. Iqbal is not merely a Pakistani Philosopher, poet and visionary; he is in the hearts of Afghans and Iranians.

Vision is the supreme virtue of human intellect. Great visionary leaders can see in the future and guide their nations through different turmoil and hardships to ultimate success. On the other hand leaders without vision or tunnel vision can plunge their nations into disasters. Iqbal had great vision which can see centuries ahead.

فطرت کے مقاصد کی کرتا ہے نگہبانی
یا بندہ صحرائی یا مرد ِ کہستانی

برتر از اندیشہ سود و زیاں ہے زندگی
ہے کبھی جاں اور کبھی تسلیم جاں ہے زندگی

ملے گا منزل مقصود کا اسی کو سراغ
اندھیری شب میں ہے چیتے کی آنکھ جس کا چراغ

میسر آتی ہے فرصت فقط غلاموں کو
نہیں ہے بندہ حر کے لیے جہاں میں فراغ

Unlike most great poets and philosophers, he was very practical man who participated in hectic political activities and society reforming movements. He earned his own bread and was quite content person. He went to the skies as he detached himself from the earthly greed and materialism. He would simple not accept any case as an advocate no matter how much you offer him once his budget of the month acquired. The rest of the time he devoted to the humanity.

Iqbal’s love with Quran is eveident from the fact that he used to recite Quran day and night and used to cry and weep so that the copy of Quran used to get wet, which was then taken by his servant to the roof to dry it in the sun. Iqbal’s powerful, elegant, superb and artistic command on language along with his wittiness, eloquence is directly derived from Quran-e-Majeed. When great Italian leader Mussolini asked him from where he gets his wisdom, he simply pointed to Quran-e-Kareem.

اسي قرآں ميں ہے اب ترک جہاں کي تعليم
جس نے مومن کو بنايا مہ و پرويں کا امير

ترے ضمیر پہ جب تک نہ ہو نزولِ کتاب
گرہ کشا ہے نہ رازی نہ صاحبِ کشاف

قرآن میں ہو غوطہ زن اے مرد مسلماں
اللہ کرے تجھ کو عطا جدت کردار

Iqbal is not hopeless from his nation. He said that this earth is very fertile if it is little wet. Iqbal has motivated youth to get detached from petty materialistic goals and objectives. He shows that their destination is beyond stars.(By- Anwar ul Haque)

اس قوم کو شمشیر کی حاجت نہیں رہتی
ہو جس کے جوانوں کی خودی صورت فولاد

ناچیز جہان مہ و پرویں ترے آگے
وہ عالم مجبور ہے ، تو عالم آزاد

موجوں کی تپش کیا ہے ، فقط ذوق طلب ہے
پنہاں جو صدف میں ہے ، وہ دولت ہے خدا داد

شاہیں کبھی پرواز سے تھک کر نہیں گرتا
پر دم ہے اگر تو تو نہیں خطرہ افتاد

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Continue reading »]]> After the first century of Mohammad P.B.U.H and his close companions, Islam started being wrapped by concepts that either were crafted or were borrowed by other religions. Unfortunately such concepts became exactly Islam in next centuries. This was the time when an attempt of conveying the real objective of Islam and removing the veils of mistaken and misinterpreted thoughts could make Muslims feel a drift from religion. Obviously it was an unmanageable situation but the world of Islam found an eye which could see real Islam hidden behind thousands veils and a tongue that knew the psychological state of his audience – Mohammad Iqbal. The centre of his thoughts was Qur’an. He never considered himself a poet but used poetry as a medium to deliver his message considering the circumstances and customs of the country. For him Qur’an was a book that emphasized “deed” rather than “idea”. Obviously, a person who understands Qur’an very well, understands the world very well and knows the real issues of the world and their solution.

Iblees ki Majlis e Shura is one of Allama Iqbal’s final works. Sort of his last opinion on the world.

Iblees is sitting with his five advisors and starts a meeting with self-praising statements and explains what he has done so far to take the world at this stage. First advisor affirms his strategies and explains the state of people around the world. Second advisor reminds them about a threat. But first advisor corrects him and refutes his fear. Third advisor reminds them about another “serious” threat. Forth advisor provides the solution to that threat. Fifth advisor explains that “serious” threat again in more detail to let Iblees understand the seriousness of the matter. Iblees who is listening to all advisors refutes all of the fears that they have but discloses his own fear and considers it a “Real” threat to his satanic system. He explains why he is afraid of that threat and then he finally tells them what to do.

I am sharing a few lines here from this awesome piece of thought!

جانتا ہوں میں یہ امت حاملِ قرآں نہیں
ہے وہی سرمایہ داری بندہء مومن کا دیں
جانتا ہوں میں کہ مشرق کی اندھیری رات میں
بے ید بیضا ہے پیرانِ حرم کی آستیں
عصر حاضر کے تقاضوں سے ہے لیکن یہ خوف
ہو نہ جائے آشکارا شرعِ پیغمبر کہیں
الحذر آئین پیغمبر سے سو بار الحذر
حافظ ناموس زن، مرد آزما، مرد آفریں
موت کا پیغام ہر نوع غلامی کے لیے
نے کوئی فغفور و خاقاں، نے فقیر رہ نشیں
کرتا ہے دولت کو ہر آلودگی سے پاک و صاف
منعموں کو مال و دولت کا بناتا ہے امیں
اس سے بڑھ کر اورکیا فکر و عمل کا انقلاب!
بادشاہوں کی نہیں اللہ کی ہے یہ زمیں
چشمِ عالم سے رہے پوشیدہ یہ آئیں تو خوب
یہ غنیمت ہے کہ خود مومن ہے محرومِ یقیں!
ہے یہی بہتر الہیات میں الجھا رہے
یہ کتاب اللہ کی تاویلات میں الجھا رہے

توڑ ڈالیں جس کی تکبریں طلسمِ شش جہات
ہو نہ روشن اس خدا اندیش کی تاریک رات!
ابنِ مریم مر گیا یا زندہء جاوید ہے؟
ہیں صفاتِ ذاتِ حق سے جدا یا عین ذات؟
آنے والے سے مسیح ناصری مقصود ہے
یا مجدد جس میں ہوں فرزند مریم کے صفات؟
ہیں کلام اللہ کے الفاظ حادث یا قدیم
امتِ مرحوم کی ہے کس عقیدے میں نجات؟
کیا مسلماں کے لیے کافی نہیں اس دور میں
یہ الہیات کے ترشے ہوئے لات و منات؟
تم اسے بیگانہ رکھو عالمِ کردار سے
تا بساطِ زندگی میں اس کے سب مہرے ہوں مات!
خیر اسی میں ہے قیامت تک رہے مومن غلام
چھوڑ کر اوروں کی خاطر یہ جہانِ بے ثبات
ہے وہی شعر و تصوف اس کے حق میں خوب تر
جو چھپا دے اس کی آنکھوں سے تماشائے حیات!
ہر نفس ڈرتا ہوں اس امت کی بیداری سے میں
ہے حقیقت جس کے دیں کی احتسابِ کائنات!
مست رکھو ذکر و فکرِ صبحگاہی میں اسے
پختہ تر کر دو مزاجِ خانقاہی میں اسے

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Continue reading »]]> The remarkable strength and courage of the eagle have inspired mankind throughout the ages.It was the only bird believed to be capable of staring at the sun, which mythology held to be the light of God. Eagle was the personal emblem of the Caesars who represented supreme authority.

There is no denying the fact that the eagle upholds its grandeur and stateliness even in the modern times. With its acute eyesight, the eagle has come to embody an all-seeing EYE. The eagle is often a solar symbol, and is generally linked to all sky gods. It signifies inspiration, release from bondage, victory, longevity, speed, pride, agility and royalty; it is often an emblem for powerful nations.

Now we come to Iqbal. In his poetry Iqbal has used many symbols among which “Eagle” is a potent and powerful symbol applied in an aptly unique style and prolific fashion.Iqbal is an advocate of the cultivation of strength and deprecates weakness. He is, therefore, keen to select eagle because of its courage, great strength, self-reliance, superb aerial skills and singularity. The eagle does not attempt to live off the efforts of others. It flies high and high and seems to have no concern to build its nest in wild and mountainous country. It is Guardian of liberty, courageous protector of its young ones and fearlessly combats any threat to their safety. It lives an austere life and subsists on live prey. Eagles are too ponderous for effective aerial pursuit but try to surprise and overwhelm their prey on the ground due to their immense sharp-sightedness. In his poetry Shaheen stands for courage and self-respect, purity of soul and character, devotion and dedication, struggle and endurance, prestige and perseverance, self-control and self-reliance.

In Shaheen he envisages the desired attributes of a devoted Muslim or Momin. Therefore when he asks the youth to become a Shaheen, he means the inculcation of these lofty ideals. He is invariably an advocate of the cultivation of strength and deprecates weakness.

A few of his verses demonstrate his views in this connection!

The above extracts have been taken from an article “Eagle as a symbol in Iqbal’s poetry by Iqbal Ahmed Rashid.

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دیارِ عشق میں اپنا مقام پیدا کر
نیا زمانہ، نئے صبح و شام پیدا کر

خدُا اگر دلِ فطرت شناس دے تجھکو
سکوتِ لالہ و گلُ سے کلام پیدا کر

اٹُھا نہ شیشہ گرانِ فرنگ کے اِحساں
سفال ہند سے مینا و جام پیدا کر

میں شاخِ تاک ہوں، میری غزل ہے میرا ثمر
میرے ثمر سے مے لالہ فام پیدا کر

مرِا طریق امیری نہیں فقیری ہے
خوُدی نہ بیچ ، غریبی میں نام پیدا کر