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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