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Dr. Iqbal

Here is a description of different terms used by Allama Iqbal, the Muslim poet-philosopher.

Contents: Terms
Notes
See also
External links

Terms

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Death - Faith - Faqr - Life - Love - Nationalism - Selfhood - Time

Life

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Selfhood

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This is also referred as Khudi, Ego, or Self.

Faqr

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Iqbal, brought about a wonderful metamorphosis and sought to invest this word with attributes more in harmony with the ideological background of Islam. Faqr, in Iqbal, does not signify only an attitude of detachment, selflessness and indifference to worldly life, which are all negative in nature. Iqbal’s Faqr is through and through positive. A faqir or qalandar in Iqbal is not only indifferent to vicissitudes of material life; he is a man of strong will, who has a moral stake in the social and political life of the people around him, motivated by the love for the ideal of moral and spiritual regeneration of mankind. In the attainment of this ideal, he is ready to sacrifice everything. [3]

Nationalism

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Love

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Iqbal has used the term Ishq for extreme love with God or the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[5]

Love is the mentor of the eye,
Of the heart and reason;
Faith without love
Is a pantheon of fantasies [6]

Death

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The imprudent ones consider death is the end of life
This apparent evening of life is the morning of perpetual life! [8]

Faith

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  • The individual’s Faith is the means of national renaissance, This is the force which shapes the nation’s destiny!
  • When Faith is created in this earthly ember, It itself creates wings and plumage of Jibril!
  • Neither swords nor plans are of any avail in slavery, Chains are cast away when taste for Faith is created
  • Sainthood, sovereignty, the universality of material knowledge, What are all these except unraveling of the secrets of Faith!
  • Firm Faith, constant struggle, Love, conquest of the universe, These are the swords for the brave men in the battle of life
  • In the world of existence full of doubts, the Muslim’s Faith, Is like a beacon of light in the dark night of the wilderness’ [9]

Time

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Notes

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  1. ^ The Traveler's Guide, Bang-i-Dara, at Iqbal Academy.
  2. ^ To the Saqi, Bal-i-Jibril, at Iqbal Academy. See also The Human Ego – His Freedom and Immortality, The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam, at YesPakistan.
  3. ^ Faqr explained, from Iqbal Academy
  4. ^ Watniyat (Nation as a political concept), Bang-i-Dara, at Iqbal Academy.
  5. ^ This is explained in detail by Prof. Yousaf Saleem Chishti in his commentaries on Iqbal. He spent about thirteen years in his company (1925–1938), learning his ideas.
  6. ^ Ecstasy, Bal-i-Jibril, at Iqbal Academy.
  7. ^ The Mosque of Cordova, Bal-i-Jibril, at Iqbal Academy. See also Iqbal’s Concept of Love Muhammad Suheyl Umar, at Iqbal Academy
  8. ^ Humayun (Mister Justice Shah Din Marhum), Bang-i-Dara, at Iqbal Academy.
  9. ^ The Renaissance Of Islam, Bang-i-Dara, at Iqbal Academy.
  10. ^ Time is sword, Asrar-i-Khudi, at Iqbal Academy.

See also

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Dedicated sites - with works
  • "Iqbal - Poet-Philosopher of Islam". Iqbal Academy Pakistan.
  • "Iqbal Cyber Library". Iqbal Urdu Cyber Library Network.

Category:Islamic philosophy Category:Muhammad Iqbal Category:Pakistani philosophy