{"id":2671,"date":"2025-11-27T16:01:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bittertruth.uk\/en\/?p=2671"},"modified":"2025-11-27T16:01:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:01:27","slug":"iqbals-word-and-the-soul-of-balochistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bittertruth.uk\/en\/iqbals-word-and-the-soul-of-balochistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Iqbal\u2019s Word and the Soul of Balochistan<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

(In Memory of Iqbal\u2014For the Survival of the Muslim Ummah, the Defence of Pakistan, and the Demands of the Present Age)
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\n(Surat \u0100l \u02bfImr\u0101n, 3:103)
\n\u201cHold fast, all of you together, to the rope of God, and do not fall into division.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

This resounding verse is nothing less than the distilled philosophy of Muslim nationhood. It is the axis upon which the thought, prose, and spiritual intuition of Muhammad Iqbal converge\u2014an injunction that is at once a summons to unity and a manifesto for intellectual awakening. It is this very note that Iqbal strikes into the anvil of his poetic revelation:
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\nOne Muslim nation, guardians of the sacred precinct,
\nFrom the banks of the Nile to the dust of Kashghar.<\/strong>
\nThis unity\u2014once the hidden pulse of our collective consciousness\u2014has grown faint, and in its absence neither faith retains its warmth nor homeland its serenity. Across centuries, this Divine command continues to stir the slumbering conscience of the Ummah, and Iqbal\u2019s spirit, aflame with vision, echoes the call:
\n\u0627\u0641\u0631\u0627\u062f \u06a9\u06d2 \u06c1\u0627\u062a\u06be\u0648\u06ba \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u06c1\u06d2 \u0627\u0642\u0648\u0627\u0645 \u06a9\u06cc \u062a\u0642\u062f\u06cc\u0631
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\nIn the hands of individuals lies the destiny of nations;
\nEach soul is a star in the constellation of its people.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is not a mere rhetorical flourish; it is a mirror held before a distracted civilisation. Iqbal does not ask a question\u2014he unveils an indictment. His verse is not poetry alone; it is the clarion of a new dawn, summoning reason to vigilance, faith to ardour, and character to renewal.
\nTo Iqbal, the Muslim youth is not a passive recipient of civilisation, but its architect\u2014no imitator, but an interpreter of his age. Hence his assurance:
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\nIqbal despairs not of his barren fields;
\nA drop of moisture, and this soil turns to gold.<\/strong><\/p>\n

O young Muslim\u2014thou art the lamp whose extinction would plunge the history of thy nation into shadow. Reflection is not mere thought; it is the art of living within the triad of faith, reason, and purposeful action. The Qur\u2019\u0101n names thee \u062e\u064e\u0644\u0650\u064a\u0641\u064e\u0629\u064b \u0641\u0650\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0623\u064e\u0631\u0652\u0636\u0650, a vicegerent upon earth. But hast thou pondered that vicegerency is not dominion alone, but responsibility?
\nThus speaks Iqbal:
\n\u062e\u0648\u062f\u06cc \u06a9\u0648 \u06a9\u0631 \u0628\u0644\u0646\u062f \u0627\u062a\u0646\u0627 \u06a9\u06c1 \u06c1\u0631 \u062a\u0642\u062f\u06cc\u0631 \u0633\u06d2 \u067e\u06c1\u0644\u06d2
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\nRaise thyself to such heights that, before destiny is ordained,
\nGod Himself shall inquire of thee: \u201cTell Me, what dost thou desire?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Such reflection is the wellspring of nations. It is the forge of balanced knowledge, steadfast character, and action rooted in conviction. A nation stands not by gold nor by thrones, but by the spiritual force of its inner sovereignty. Its survival is nurtured not by the might of arms alone but by the discipline of thought and the sovereignty of the soul.<\/p>\n

Today, when the din of the world drowns out truth, when social media pours the poisons of heedlessness into youthful minds, Iqbal calls the youth back to the Book. He points toward the eschatological vision of the Qur\u2019\u0101n:
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\n(Surat al-Anbiy\u0101\u02be, 21:104)
\n\u201cThe Day We shall fold up the heavens like the scroll of a written record\u2026\u201d<\/strong>
\nRise\u2014for the heavens are not the arbiters of thy fate; they are but constellations awaiting the command of thy will. Reflection\u2014Tadabbur\u2014is the compass that pulls man from fleeting passions toward eternal purpose.<\/p>\n

To Iqbal, youth is not an age but a disposition\u2014an interior fire, an orientation of resolve. Hence he prays:
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\nGrant my youth the ardour of dawn;
\nGive these young falcons their wings once more.
\nO God, this is my solitary plea\u2014
\nLet the light of my insight spread among them.<\/strong>
\nShould the youth of today grasp Iqbal\u2019s message, he would become, by the pen, by knowledge, and by unwavering resolve, a spiritual guardian of his age.<\/p>\n

The World of 2025: A New Tempest<\/strong>
\nIn the ever-shifting world of 2025\u2014particularly in the months following May, when Pakistan repelled India\u2019s aggression\u2014a new storm of intrigue has gathered. Yet this is hardly the first time that forces, seen and unseen, have sought to encircle Pakistan. This land, founded upon L\u0101 il\u0101ha ill\u0101 All\u0101h, is no mere parcel of earth; it is an idea, a covenant, an ark of identity for a wounded Ummah\u2014much as the Ottoman Caliphate once stood as its bulwark
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\nIf grief\u2019s mountains crushed the Ottomans\u2014what matter?
\nFor dawn is born of a thousand shattered stars.<\/strong>
\nPakistan today is such a dawn\u2014fragile yet radiant.
\nWhen adversaries sharpen their blades of conspiracy, Iqbal\u2019s counsel returns to steady the heart. The saintly warrior, the darw\u012bsh of resolve, teaches us that the Ummah does not shrink from ordeals; it learns to become the confidant of the Almighty.<\/p>\n

In the aftermath of Modi\u2019s defeat, powerful global factions have devised new stratagems\u2014to weaken Pakistan, fracture it from within, and loosen its moorings from its ideological foundations. Whether it is Modi\u2019s bellicose designs or the duplicitous policies of his Western patrons, the answer does not lie, first and foremost, in the sword\u2014but in faith, unity, and principle.<\/p>\n

Our cunning enemies forget that Pakistan is no accident of history; it is a manifestation of Divine decree. A nation built on the testimony of L\u0101 il\u0101ha ill\u0101 All\u0101h draws its strength not from artillery, but from creed.<\/p>\n

Iqbal\u2019s dream of Pakistan was not a reverie; it was an imperative for the survival of a civilisation:
\nThou art the secret of \u201cBe\u2014and it is\u201d; unveil thyself before thine own eyes.
\nBe the interpreter of God\u2019s command; be the custodian of His mysteries.
\nPakistan\u2019s greatness does not lie in its nuclear arsenal alone, but in its spiritual and ideological identity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The nation must learn again that the defence of the homeland is waged not merely with armaments, but with vision and the weapon of selfhood. As the Qur\u2019\u0101n enjoins:
\n\ufd3f\u0648\u064e\u0623\u064e\u0639\u0650\u062f\u064f\u0651\u0648\u0627 \u0644\u064e\u0647\u064f\u0645 \u0645\u064e\u0651\u0627 \u0627\u0633\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0637\u064e\u0639\u0652\u062a\u064f\u0645 \u0645\u0650\u0651\u0646 \u0642\u064f\u0648\u064e\u0651\u0629\u064d\ufd3e
\n(\u201cPrepare against them whatever strength you can muster.\u201d)<\/strong>
\nThis strength is of knowledge, of faith, of unity. Without selfhood, even nuclear power becomes an empty shell. Hence Iqbal\u2019s timeless summons:
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\nRaise thyself to such heights\u2026
\nThat God Himself shall inquire of thee: \u201cWhat is thy wish?\u201d<\/strong>
\nFrom this global gathering, we must raise a voice of unmistakable clarity\u2014
\nthat Pakistan is not merely a nation-state, but the forward bastion of Islamic civilisation. Should we remain vigilant, no earthly power can subdue us. For the Qur\u2019\u0101n proclaims:
\n\ufd3f\u0625\u0650\u0646\u064e\u0651 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u0670\u0647\u064e \u0645\u064e\u0639\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0635\u064e\u0651\u0627\u0628\u0650\u0631\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e\ufd3e
\n\u201cIndeed, God is with those who endure with steadfastness.\u201d<\/strong>
\nIqbal, in his visionary commentary, transposes this into a call of spiritual ascension:
\n\u0642\u0648\u062a\u0650 \u0639\u0634\u0642 \u0633\u06d2 \u06c1\u0631 \u067e\u0633\u062a \u06a9\u0648 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0627 \u06a9\u0631 \u062f\u06d2
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\nThrough the power of love, raise the low to heights above;
\nLet the name of Muhammad illumine all the world.<\/strong>
\nThus, from this world conference our message to the youth must be unmistakable:
\nPakistan is not merely a territory; it is, in the modern epoch, the emblem of Islamic honour and dignity. Its defence begins not with the sword, but with contemplation, unity, faith, and knowledge.<\/p>\n

Iqbal\u2019s universal message, moreover, is addressed to our Afghan brethren. Pakistan and Afghanistan are not two bodies, but two forms of one spiritual essence\u2014regions bound by Islamic ardour, by the legacy of struggle, and by the honour of faith.<\/p>\n

Let us recall that when Daoud\u2019s regime collapsed and a handful of Afghan collaborators invited the Soviet Union to overrun their homeland, it was Pakistan that opened its heart for forty long years. Millions of refugees were sheltered; their wounds tended; their dignity preserved.<\/p>\n

This was not mere neighbourliness\u2014this was the covenant of faith.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And recall, too, the aftermath of 9\/11, when the United States, in a moment of imperial wrath, threatened to bomb Pakistan \u201cback to the Stone Age\u201d unless it complied with its designs in Afghanistan. Despite this coercion, Pakistan upheld its ancient duty of hospitality and continues to do so to this day.<\/p>\n

If critics reproach Pakistan by claiming American use of its soil, will they also forget the role of our fellow Muslim nation, Qatar\u2014
\nwhere the Afghan office was formally established, where the Doha Accords were negotiated, where America\u2019s largest regional airbase, Al-Udeid, launched some of the most devastating airstrikes in the Afghan theatre?<\/p>\n

Pakistan\u2019s historic contribution to the American withdrawal is conveniently erased, while no complaint is directed at Qatar\u2014
\nand once again, it is Doha that has been chosen for the negotiation table between Kabul and Islamabad.
\nLikewise, NATO forces in Afghanistan included contingents from Turkey, yet there is no grievance towards Ankara.
\nWhy then, after forty years of refuge, support, and sacrifice, does resentment fall only upon Pakistan?<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Afghan friends in London learned of my participation in this Iqbal Conference, they expressed deep emotion, bearing testimony that for four decades Pakistan has carried its Afghan brothers in its embrace\u2014sharing its bread, opening its doors, turning its cities into sanctuaries. This was not humanitarianism alone; it was the rarest manifestation of Islamic fellowship.<\/p>\n

Have they forgotten when Mullah Omar declared that Afghanistan could never, until the Day of Judgment, repay its debt to Pakistan\u2014 that where Pakistan shed its sweat, Afghanistan would shed its blood? As a Kashmiri myself, I remember his impassioned address promising liberation for the oppressed of Kashmir from the tyranny of Indian occupation. Those words were etched into history as a pledge of honour. At his side, then a youth of twenty, sat today\u2019s Afghan leader Sirajuddin Haqqani, and nearby, the young child who would grow to become the present Minister of Defence, Mullah Yaqoob.<\/p>\n

One wonders how the soul of Mullah Omar stirred when, during the recent visit of Afghan ministers to India, statements were issued that wounded the hearts of Pakistanis and Kashmiris alike.<\/p>\n

Alas, the same soil that once symbolised resistance against Soviet aggression\u2014supported resolutely by Pakistan, defended by hosts who protected Afghan honour even at the cost of their lives\u2014has today become a sanctuary for the TTP.<\/p>\n

This is not a political injury alone; it is a moral and spiritual decline.
\nWhen nations sacrifice religion upon the altar of expediency, the light of faith dims. Thus speaks Iqbal to the Afghan heart:
\nThe blood flowing beneath your Hindu Kush is not the crimson of brotherhood, but the tragic stain of a divided Ummah. Today, the very hosts who sheltered millions ask, with wounded sincerity:
\nwhy has your land become a refuge for those who shed the blood of fellow Muslims?
\nThe TTP\u2014the neo-Kharijites\u2014and the mischief-mongers of Baloch separatism, proxies of inimical powers, strike at Pakistan from Afghan soil.<\/p>\n

Were Iqbal alive today, he might have counselled with sorrow rather than scorn:
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\nThe cure for Afghan honour today
\nIs to drive the false cleric from your mountains and your plains.<\/strong>
\nThis is no reproach\u2014it is a lament for a wounded civilisation. Iqbal saw in the Afghan spirit the raw material of Islamic liberty. He believed that if the Afghan were awakened, the Ummah itself could rise. But should he fall prey to deception, his sword\u2014once the guardian of faith\u2014may be turned upon his own kin.<\/p>\n

From Balochistan\u2014the land of fidelity\u2014I send this message to our Afghan brothers:
\nPakistan is not your adversary; it is your shield. We share your faith, your trials, your destiny. Yet if you barter your soil to the enemies of Islam, your offspring will never forgive you. Honour, once awakened, is a fortress; lost, it is dust.
\nFor the Qur\u2019\u0101n declares:
\n\ufd3f\u0625\u0650\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064f\u0624\u0652\u0645\u0650\u0646\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e \u0625\u0650\u062e\u0652\u0648\u064e\u0629\u064c\ufd3e
\n\u201cIndeed, the believers are but brothers.\u201d<\/strong>
\nIf you are true believers, let not your land be used for falsehood. Your faith, your honour, your sword\u2014all demand that you stand with Pakistan as Pakistan stood with you for forty years, not with Modi, the eternal adversary of Muslims, to conspire against this nation and to fuel the fires of terror.<\/p>\n

And now, even as plans emerge to divert the waters of the Kabul River, Iqbal\u2019s cry rings out:
\n\u0627\u06cc\u06a9 \u06c1\u0648\u06ba \u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645 \u062d\u0631\u0645 \u06a9\u06cc \u067e\u0627\u0633\u0628\u0627\u0646\u06cc \u06a9\u06d2 \u0644\u06cc\u06d2
\n\u0646\u06cc\u0644 \u06a9\u06d2 \u0633\u0627\u062d\u0644 \u0633\u06d2 \u0644\u06d2 \u06a9\u0631 \u062a\u0627\u0628\u062e\u0627\u06a9\u0650 \u06a9\u0627\u0634\u063a\u0631
\nLet Muslims stand united as guardians of the Sacred Sanctuary\u2014
\nFrom the banks of the Nile to the farthest dust of Kashghar.<\/strong>
\nFrom the sacred soil of Balochistan, this message is delivered to you\u2014 that the unity of the Ummah is a shared covenant, a duty binding you and us alike. And today, I bring to the proud and valiant people of Balochistan
\nIqbal\u2019s call to action\u2014his message of life and renewal. Balochistan is the spirit of Pakistan.<\/p>\n

A land where the rugged mountains cradle the lamps of loyalty; where tribal pride is not estranged from Islam, but rather a pillar of its preservation. To Iqbal, nationhood is not a cartography of borders\u2014it is a covenant of faith. Balochistan, whose very dust carries the resonance of history, the fragrance of fidelity, and the dignity of honour.<\/p>\n

For centuries this region has stood as the gateway to the citadel of Islamic civilisation. Its people have, time and again, offered models of loyalty, sacrifice, and resolve. Iqbal wrote:
\n\u0627\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645 \u06a9\u06d2 \u062f\u0627\u0645\u0646 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0628\u0633 \u0627\u0633 \u06a9\u06d2 \u0633\u0648\u0627 \u06a9\u06cc\u0627 \u06c1\u06d2
\n\u0627\u06cc\u06a9 \u0636\u0631\u0628\u0650 \u06cc\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0644\u06c1\u06cc\u060c \u0627\u06cc\u06a9 \u0633\u062c\u062f\u06c1\u0654 \u0634\u0628\u06cc\u0631\u06cc
\nWhat else is there in the fold of Islam except this?
\nA stroke of the hand of Allah, a prostration to Allah.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today, the people of Balochistan must be reminded that Islam, Pakistan, and Balochistan are three points of a single triangle. If one fractures, the entire structure collapses.
\nO young Baloch\u2014
\nthe world seeks to strip you of your true identity, to confine you within the narrow walls of tribalism and wrench you away from the vast horizon of nation and Ummah. But your real identity, as Iqbal declares, is this:
\n\u06c1\u0632\u0627\u0631\u0648\u06ba \u0633\u0627\u0644 \u0646\u0631\u06af\u0633 \u0627\u067e\u0646\u06cc \u0628\u06d2 \u0646\u0648\u0631\u06cc \u067e\u06c1 \u0631\u0648\u062a\u06cc \u06c1\u06d2
\n\u0628\u0691\u06cc \u0645\u0634\u06a9\u0644 \u0633\u06d2 \u06c1\u0648\u062a\u0627 \u06c1\u06d2 \u0686\u0645\u0646 \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u062f\u06cc\u062f\u06c1 \u0648\u0631 \u067e\u06cc\u062f\u0627
\nFor a thousand years, the narcissus weeps for lack of vision;
\nWith great difficulty does a seer appear in the garden.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You are that seer, in whose vision rests the survival of Pakistan. Your faith carries the ember that can illuminate the conscience of the Ummah. When the mountains of Balochistan echo with the cry of loyalty, the entire Muslim world is stirred to awakening.<\/p>\n

So, soar like Iqbal\u2019s falcon\u2014 and be to your homeland what a soldier is to his banner.
\nFor Iqbal counselled:
\n\u0627\u0641\u0631\u0627\u062f \u06a9\u06d2 \u06c1\u0627\u062a\u06be\u0648\u06ba \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u06c1\u06d2 \u0627\u0642\u0648\u0627\u0645 \u06a9\u06cc \u062a\u0642\u062f\u06cc\u0631
\n\u06c1\u0631 \u0641\u0631\u062f \u06c1\u06d2 \u0645\u0644\u062a \u06a9\u06d2 \u0645\u0642\u062f\u0631 \u06a9\u0627 \u0633\u062a\u0627\u0631\u06c1
\nIn the hands of individuals lies the destiny of nations;
\nEach soul is a star in the constellation of its people.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To the youth of Balochistan I say:
\nyou are the fulfilment of Iqbal\u2019s dream; your character is the foundation upon which Pakistan\u2019s honour stands. Whether it be CPEC, national unity, or resistance to hostile intrigues\u2014 the Baloch have always held aloft the banner of fidelity.<\/p>\n

Iqbal warns:
\n\u06cc\u06c1\u06cc \u0634\u06cc\u062e\u0650 \u062d\u0631\u0645 \u06c1\u06d2 \u062c\u0648 \u0686\u0631\u0627 \u06a9\u0631 \u0628\u06cc\u0686 \u06a9\u06be\u0627\u062a\u0627 \u06c1\u06d2
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\nThis is the Shaykh of the Sanctuary\u2014
\nwho steals and sells the cloak of Buzar, the patch of Uways,
\nand the veil of Zahra.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The spirit of this verse cautions you: guard the treasures of your homeland. The enemy seeks to sever you from your own resources;
\n\u062e\u0648\u062f\u06cc \u06a9\u0627 \u0633\u0631\u0650 \u0646\u06c1\u0627\u06ba \u0644\u0627 \u0625\u0644\u0647 \u0625\u0644\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647
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\nbut Iqbal teaches: The secret of selfhood is L\u0101 il\u0101ha ill\u0101 All\u0101h;
\nSelfhood is the sword, its whetstone L\u0101 il\u0101ha ill\u0101 All\u0101h.<\/strong><\/p>\n

O sons of Balochistan\u2014your true wealth is this selfhood,
\nyour faith, your loyalty. Through these the very idea of Pakistan is completed.<\/p>\n

From this conference must rise a solemn resolve\u2014 that we shall take knowledge and reflection as our foremost weapons; that we shall guard Pakistan\u2019s ideological and geographical frontiers; that the unity of the Muslim Ummah shall be the axis of our politics and society;
\nthat the new generation shall be initiated into Iqbal\u2019s philosophy of the Self;
\nand that the mischief of adversaries shall be confronted with learning, ethics, character\u2014
\nand with the Qur\u2019\u0101n. For the Qur\u2019\u0101n declares:
\n\ufd3f\u0625\u0650\u0646\u064e\u0651 \u0671\u0644\u0644\u0651\u0670\u0647\u064e \u0644\u064e\u0627 \u064a\u064f\u063a\u064e\u064a\u0650\u0651\u0631\u064f \u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0628\u0650\u0642\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0645\u064d \u062d\u064e\u062a\u064e\u0651\u0649\u0670 \u064a\u064f\u063a\u064e\u064a\u0650\u0651\u0631\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0628\u0650\u0623\u064e\u0646\u0652\u0641\u064f\u0633\u0650\u0647\u0650\u0645\u0652\ufd3e
\n\u201cGod does not change the condition of a people until they change what lies within themselves.\u201d
\nAnd Iqbal affirms:
\n\u0639\u0645\u0644 \u0633\u06d2 \u0632\u0646\u062f\u06af\u06cc \u0628\u0646\u062a\u06cc \u06c1\u06d2 \u062c\u0646\u062a \u0628\u06be\u06cc \u062c\u06c1\u0646\u0645 \u0628\u06be\u06cc
\n\u06cc\u06c1 \u062e\u0627\u06a9\u06cc \u0627\u067e\u0646\u06cc \u0641\u0637\u0631\u062a \u0645\u06cc\u06ba \u0646\u06c1 \u0646\u0648\u0631\u06cc \u06c1\u06d2 \u0646\u06c1 \u0646\u0627\u0631\u06cc \u06c1\u06d2
\nThrough action life becomes heaven or hell\u2014
\nThis creature of dust is by nature neither angelic nor infernal.<\/strong>
\nThis, then, is the essential message of this assembly:
\nthat Iqbal was not merely a poet, but a Qur\u2019\u0101nic thinker, and his message remains as fresh today as in his own age\u2014 awaiting only that we revive it within our hearts.
\nFrom this global conference we pledge to make Iqbal\u2019s dream the substance of our consciousness. The survival of the Islamic world is no longer a slogan\u2014 it demands practical unity, scientific advancement, intellectual awakening, and spiritual renewal.<\/p>\n

My dear friends and brothers\u2014
\nthe time has come to journey from Shikwah to Jaw\u0101b-e-Shikwah; from heedlessness to awakening, from imitation to ijtih\u0101d, from frailty to strength. All my words today are but the symbol of Iqbal\u2019s call to awakening\u2014 a flame of selfhood kindled in the heart of every Muslim, whispering:
\n\u0646\u06c1\u06cc\u06ba \u062a\u06cc\u0631\u0627 \u0646\u0634\u06cc\u0645\u0646 \u0642\u0635\u0631\u0650 \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0646\u06cc \u06a9\u06d2 \u06af\u0646\u0628\u062f \u067e\u0631
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\nYour nest lies not beneath the domes of sultanic palaces;
\nYou are the eagle\u2014your dwelling is on the granite crags of mountains.<\/strong>
\nWith this, I thank you all and take my leave with a prayer
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