Thursday, March 14, 2019

ALLAMA MUHAMMAD IQBAL


Allama lqbal is our national poet. He was born at Sialkot on November nine, 1877. He belonged to a respectable Kashmiri family. One of his forefathers left geographic area Kashmir and settled in Sialkot. His father Arab chief Sheikh Nur Muhammad was a really pious and non secular man. Allama Iqbal transmitted mysticism and deep love of his faith from his oldsters.

Allama lqbal received his early education from Mission High School, Sialkot and passed Intermediate examination from Murray College. His teacher Molvi Syed Mir Hassan was one in every of the foremost learned and pious man of his time.  lqbal had the good fortune of studying Arabic, Persian and islamiyat under the inspiring guidance of his teacher. In one in every of his poems he applauded the love, fondness and care of his teacher given upon him. Then he went to Lahore and passed his examination from Government College, Lahore. He joined the teaching staff of lie Gala College. Lahore and served there for some time.

In 1905, he visited Europe for higher studies in Philosophy and Law. He did his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Germany and Bar-at-Law from London. He served as a academic of Arabic in 'London University for 6 months. His stay in Europe was of great importance. He was not impressed by the Western civilization. He disliked the Western civilization. His hatred is quite prominent in his poems. He conjointly expected that the materialistic civilization of the West is to steer them only towards destruction.

When he came home, he started law practice in the Lahore High Court. But he was more interested in poetry than in law, Most of his time he devoted to poetry, philosophy and religion. In fact, he had nice love and sympathy for the Muslims of Bharat. He wanted to help them. He wrote many poems. He asked the Muslims of the entire world to unite.

He gave us the idea of Pakistan. He preached that slavery was the greatest curse. The Muslims should break the chains of slavery. He pointed out the main of the degradation and humiliation of the Muslims in his poems "Shikwa"' and "Jawab-e-Shikwa".

Allama Muhammad Iqbal was an excellent writer of Urdu and Persian. He was an inspired and creative poet. He dreamt of a separate state for the Muslims of the Sub-Continent. But he couldn’t live long to visualize his dream hap within the form of West Pakistan in 1947. He died on the 21st April, 1938. His death was an excellent loss for the Muslims. He was buried close to the gate of Shahi house of payer, Lahore. Every year Iqbal Day is well known to pay him respect, Might his soul rest in peace.

He 'wrote many books such as Bangi-i-Dara, Bal-e-Jabreel, Zarb-e-Kalim, Israr-e-Khudi, Ramuz-e- Bekhudi, Javaid Nama, etc.


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