Allama Iqbal’s poem is an extremely accurate analysis of the history of human thought and action. Based on his extraordinary insight, he drew many conclusions from historical events, some of which have not happened yet. This poem of his is based on reality:
حادثہ جو ابھی پردۂ افلاک میں ہے
عکس اس کامرے آ ئینہ ادراک میں ہے
The accident that is still in the sky
Its mirror image is in perception
Iqbal paid particular attention to the history of the Muslims of the sub-continent, he saw that this vast and wide region was a great hub of Muslim thought and practice for a long time and he successfully created a grand Islamic society whose prominent features Cultural impressions are indelible. Although the Muslims here were less in number than other nations and scattered in different areas, but the belief of Tawheed always kept them connected in the unity of Islam. Many Muslim families ruled here for a thousand years, among them Ghaznavi, Ghori, Khilji , Tughlaq, Lodhi and Mughal dynasties are more famous. Although these governments were named after the above-mentioned dynasties, but because they were built on the basis of Islamic principles and strived to protect and propagate Islamic values, they were called Islamic governments. It is remembered by the name. Their rulers were Muslims and they considered Islam as the identity and form of their government. They applied Islamic laws in their established courts, established madrasas and mosques and taught them Islamic teachings. Promoting traditions and the language and literature of Muslims, most of the sultans of the time respected Sufiya and scholars and received instructions from them, Sufiya always advised the sultans to be fair and kind to their subjects
After Muhammad bin Qasim, Mahmud Ghaznavi opened the doors of India for Muslims, Mahmud Ghaznavi declared Delhi as the capital of Muslim rule. All Muslim kings and rulers identified their government as Islam and each one himself. Nicknamed as the preacher and protector of religion and the manifestation of its greatness, the titles of many sultans can be seen in this regard, such as Muezuddin Ghori, Qutbuddin Aibak, Shamsuddin Al-Tamish, Rukanuddin Feroz Shah, Ghiyasuddin Balban, Alauddin. Muhammad Shah, Zahiruddin Babur, Nasiruddin Humayun, Jalaluddin Akbar, Nooruddin Jahangir, Shahabuddin Shahjahan and Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir etc. This shows that the sultans at the time of enthronement insisted that they would protect and promote religion. They will always strive. If a king did something wrong in the publication of religious affairs, Sophia and the scholars would warn him and try hard to correct it. In Sophia, Nizamuddin Aulia, Bahauddin Zakaria, Sharafuddin Bu Ali Qalandar, Jalaluddin Bukhari, Sheikh Ahmad Sirhandi and Shah Waliullah Sultans used to insist on the observance of Islamic rules.
Allama Iqbal paid tribute to the great rulers of the history of the sub-continent, Mahmud Ghaznavi, Aurangzeb Alamgir, Ahmad Shah Abdali and Tipu Sultan are particularly noteworthy. And they fought against false forces. In the 18th century, when the great society of Muslims fell into temptation, corruption, and disorder due to the moral immorality of kings and nobles, the power went into the hands of the British. After that, the awareness of Muslims increased. Ahmad Khan, Shibli Naumani, Maulana Hali, Akbar Allahabadi and above all Allama Iqbal played an extremely important role. Allama Iqbal, keeping in view the historical role of the Hindu nation and its contemporary dangerous ambitions, the religion and religion of the Muslims, life And dedicate your intellectual and practical energies for the protection of wealth and civilization, he said:
“It is our duty to worry about the future generations, lest their lives become like the Gonds and Bhails and gradually their religion and culture perish in this country.” He presented the concept of the state for the protection and survival of the thousand-year-old Islamic civilization. According to him, religion is just a philosophy without power. He said, “If we want Islam to survive as a civilizational force in this country, then for this It must establish its centrality in a particular area”.
Allama Iqbal did not imagine the life of a Muslim without Islam, he wanted to protect the freedom of Muslims only for the implementation of Islam. He said: “If the goal of Muslims in India is only freedom from politics and economic welfare and the protection of Islam is There is no element of purpose, as is evident from the attitude of today’s nationalists, then Muslims will never succeed in their goals.” In our literary history, Allama Iqbal is the greatest poet of Azadi Watan. The songs of “Saz Sukhan” are freedom and independence, but he could not even imagine the freedom of the country without Islam. He said in a very enthusiastic tone:
“If the result of India’s independence is that it remains as it is, or becomes even worse, then a Muslim curses such an independent country a thousand times.” Allama Iqbal had demanded the formation of an independent Islamic state in the subcontinent simply so that the Islamic Shari’ah could be implemented so that as a result every person would get a guarantee of livelihood. In this regard, he wrote in a letter to the Quaid-i-Azam ………. After a long and deep study of Islamic law, I have come to the conclusion that if Islamic law is understood and implemented in a reasonable manner, every person At least there can be satisfaction from a modest livelihood, but in the absence of an independent Islamic state or a few such states, the implementation of Islamic Shariat Islamia is impossible in this country.
He made it clear to the Muslims that the only way for the salvation of the Muslims in the subcontinent is to give up the concept of Indian nationality and make the Islamic nationality their identity because Islam alone can protect them from the present disastrous situation. While mentioning the great favours of Islam, he said: “Islam was the biggest ingredient that affected the lives of the Muslims of India. Thanks to Islam, the hearts of the Muslims were filled with those feelings and emotions on which the life of the parties was based.” It is dependent and from which different and dispersed people gradually unite and take the form of a distinct and definite nation and a specific moral consciousness is created within them.
The greatest achievement of Hakeem-ul-Ummat, on the basis of which Pakistan was established, is that he completely negated the concept of Indian nationality and created the consciousness of Islamic nationality among Muslims. Iqbal was strongly opposed to geographical patriotism because according to him it is the biggest obstacle in the way of national unity. Describing Islam as a life-giving force, he said: Islam is a living force that can liberate the human mind from the constraints of the country, which believes that religion has an exceptional status in the life of both the individual and the state. He who believes that the destiny of Islam is in his own hands. Islam as a religion is comprehensive of religion and politics, even separating one aspect from another aspect is killing the facts of Islam.
For Iqbal, Islam is the life of a Muslim, no Muslim can maintain his existence outside of Islam. He said: The Islamic concept is our eternal home or homeland in which we live our lives, which compares England to the British and Germany is from the Germans, Islam is from us Muslims. Explaining the importance of Muhammadiyah’s mission, he said: According to our belief, as a religion, Allah Almighty revealed Islam through revelation, but the existence of Islam as a society or a nation is entirely due to the blessed nature of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him).
In 1919, he wrote in a letter: “I have done everything I could in the way of God, but my heart wishes that it should have been more than that, and that my whole life should have been spent in the service of the Holy Prophet.” Iqbal had firm faith in the eternal truths of Islam. He spent his life in the interpretation and explanation of Islam so that Muslims can benefit from its endless blessings according to the requirements of the present age. According to Hazrat Allama, Islam is the best defender and protector of Muslims. Islam does not demand protection from Muslims but guarantees them protection. said:
“One lesson that I have learned from the history of Islam is that Islam has sustained the lives of Muslims in recent times, Muslims have not protected Islam. My quest has been focused only on finding a modern social system and it seems logically impossible to ignore such a social system in this effort which aims at the unity of caste, rank and status. All distinctions of race and color should be erased”.
Islam respects the rights of all human beings. In this religion, there is no distinction between black and red, Arab and non-Arab, and slave and slave. Iqbal strongly rejects the ignorant notion that Islam is a social status and a personal one. The code should be made. He said in his historic sermon of 1930: Do you also want Islam as a moral and political ideal to have the same fate as Christianity in the West? Is it possible that we foreigners Maintain Islam as a moral imagination, but instead of its political system, adopt those national systems in which there is no possibility of interference of religion. They are inseparable from the social ideals of Islam, both are inseparable from each other. If you abandon one, you will eventually have to abandon the other. Will be willing to do anything based on any homeland or national principle that is against the principled unity of Islam.
According to Hazrat Allama, Islam is the constitution of welfare and peace for the world of humanity, Islam is a social system that stands on the pillars of freedom and equality and is the greatest blessing for human respect at this time. Islam demands loyalty only to God. Not for thrones and crowns, and since God is the spiritual basis of all life, obeying Him actually means that man obeys his own true nature.
According to Hazrat Iqbal, “Islam” is certainly looking forward to a universal empire that will be above racial distinctions and in which there will be no room for personal and autocratic kings and capitalists. Faithfully said:
“The forces operating in the world are often working against Islam, but I believe that the forces of Islam will be successful and victorious in the claim that “Islam will prevail over all religions”. will be”.
The path shown by Hazrat Allama Iqbal for the protection and survival of Muslims, the Quaid-e-Azam followed the caravan of Muslims and succeeded in achieving the destination in a very short period of time i.e. Pakistan… Islam’s Pakistan, always. Living Pakistan. Quaid-e-Azam paid tribute to Allama Iqbal: No one understood Islam better than Iqbal, I have never seen anyone more faithful and devoted to Islam than him. Islam is alive and undoubtedly Islam is always alive and will remain alive.
Today, March 23 is a history-making and memorial day, and in this regard, it is a day to remember Allama Iqbal, Quaid-i-Azam and the sacrifices made for him. Are we really breathing in the same Pakistan that we promised to our Lord?
Saturday 23rd March 2024
