Status of Iqbal’s Philosophy in Today’s Era

When you pick up your pen, there are few legends who inspire you more to think, create and write and, Iqbal is one of them. We as a nation, unfortunately, failed the expectations of Iqbal, the philosophy, the ideology and the mirage he dreamt for us. His ideology for the youth of Pakistan, whom he titled as Shaheen, the Eagle. If only we had delivered the true message of Iqbal in our educational institutions, our condition as a nation would have been much better.

We were the people who were blessed with a soul, that was so ancient as well as an advance that he covered centuries in himself. He portrayed in his poetry the mysteries hidden in pages of times, long ago and ages to come. Iqbal wasn't a man of one day, he was the man of an Era. The world is familiar with Rumi as they find him modern and secular, most of them entirely leave Rumi's spiritual and religious side, aside. We failed Iqbal in spreading his message to the whole world. It was Iqbal's right that his words should have been spread in the world as a universal study. The secrets and mysteries that his words hold should have delivered to the lands that crave for wisdom.

There's an alley in Germany is named after Iqbal, there are universities that offer a Doctorate in Iqbaliat and if other countries can offer such respect to Iqbal, why should not we? Indians portrayed Gandhi as a spiritual leader in the world. His quotes are known in the entire world. This is not a comparison but we know that Iqbal is beyond all these measures and limits. His words are the elaboration of the Holy Quran which is the book of every Era. The need of the hour is to invest our time and energies toward studies of Iqbal and decode the mysteries present in them and convert them into precise & effective literature to make them attractive for the younger generation so that they take an interest & read Iqbal with more zeal.

Sidra Munir

The author is the lecturer, zoologist, blogger