Allama Iqbal

[Mastam]

Woh Harf-e-Raaz Ke Mujh Ko Sikha Gya Hai Junoon
Khuda Mujhe Nafs-e-Jibraeel De To Kahon

The breath of Gabriel if God on me bestow,
I may in words express what Love has made me know

Sitara Kya Meri Taqdeer Ki Khabar Dey Ga
Woh Khud Farakhi-e-Aflaak Mein Hai Khwaar-o-Zaboon

How can the stars foretell what future holds in store?
They roam perplex’d and mean in skies that have no shore

Hayat Kya Hai, Khiyal-o-Nazar Ki Majzoobi
Khudi Ki Mout Hai Andesha Ha’ay Goonagoon

o fix one’s mind and gaze on goal is life, in fact:
To ego’s death to lead the thoughts that mind distract

Ajab Maza Hai, Mujhe Lazzat-e-Khudi De Kar
Woh Chahte Hain Ke Main Apne App Mein Na Rahon

How strange! The bliss of self having bestowed on me,
God mighty will that I beside myself should be

Zameer-e-Paak-o-Nigah-e-Buland-o-Masti-e-Shauq
Na Maal-o-Doulat-e-Qaroon, Na Fikar-e-Aflatoon

Clean conscience, lofty gaze and zeal is all I hold.
I neither like nor claim Plato’s thought or Croesus’ gold

Sabaq Mila Hai Ye Miraaj-E-Mustafa (SAW) Se Mujhe
Ke Alam-e-Bashriat Ki Zadd Mein Hai Gardoon

By Holy Prophet (SAW) Ascent this truth to me was taught,
Within the reach of man high heavens can be brought

Ye Kainat Abhi Na-Tamam Hai Shaid
Ke Aa Rahi Hai Damadam Sada’ay ‘Kun Fayakoon’

The Life perhaps is still raw and incomplete:
Be and it becomes e’er doth a voice repeat

Elaj Atish-E-Rumi Ke Soz Mein Hai Tera
Teri Khirad Pe Hai Ghalib Farangion Ka Fasoon

The West hath cast a spell on thine heart and mind:
In Rumi’s burning flame a cure for thyself find

Ussi Ke Faiz Se Meri Nigah Hai Roshan
Ussi Ke Faiz Se Mere Saboo Mein Hai Jehoon

Through his bounty great my vision shines and glows,
And mighty Oxus too in my pitcher flows

[syamuj]

Who was Allama Iqbal?-Shaykh Tariq Jameel(D.B)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUhKJ...ture=g-all-pls

[kinza1]

hmmm very nice

[Mastam]

Who was Allama Iqbal?-Shaykh Tariq Jameel(D.B)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUhKJ...ture=g-all-pls

As Allama Iqbal said about himself

Iqbal Bhi ‘Iqbal’ Se Agah Nahin Hai
Kuch Iss Mein Tamaskhar Nahin Wallah Nahin Hai

[syamuj]

As Allama Iqbal said about himself

Iqbal Bhi ‘Iqbal’ Se Agah Nahin Hai
Kuch Iss Mein Tamaskhar Nahin Wallah Nahin Hai

Meaning?

[Maripat]

Meaning?

Even Iqbal does not fathom Iqbal
No jest intended, none by God!

[syamuj]

Even Iqbal does not fathom Iqbal
No jest intended, none by God!

Wow!!!That's Allama Iqbal.

[FususAlHikam]

Can brothers from east who have taken iqbal studies please explain falsafa of khudi?

[Maripat]

Can brothers from east who have taken iqbal studies please explain falsafa of khudi?

I am exempted for I have not taken Iqbal studies.
I have heard that he did not develop the concept to its full bloom so it remains as a half-baked philosophy.
For the rest of the people, for whom the concept is already unfathomable, Sir Muhammed Iqbal is already poet-philosopher.
Of course half-bakedness should not be a serious handicap in the world of philosophy - there is lot of room for obfuscation in that land. For example philosophy of existentialism is like that. West was occupied with that for two third of the last century but the fact remains that the concept is still half-baked. If you can not explain the concept theoretically then you resort to quotations from literature and if literature does not lead you to a conclusion you say that let us leave the definition to the experts.
But, philosophy being most unproductive of disciplines, should we really bother?
Particularly when we have Imam Ghazali (RA)'s sword on it.
My personal inclination is that we should try to save our precious time from getting consumed by matters philosophical.
Just see how Dr Atif is still struggling to shake of Ibn-e-Arabi - in spite of the fact that he has studied Fusus-al-Hikam with a Shaikh.

In its rudimentary form Khudi is complementarity to God. Now that is problematic. So why bother?
God created the world but man created the rest of the wonders. Sir Iqbal averred.
Sorry sir but this ability to create itself is God given - no complementarity here.
There is complementarity between man and woman but that is a different matter.

Allah (SWT) gave free will to us humans and he has thorough control over it - even now.
Last Verses of Surah Takweer are useful here also:

It is not except a reminder to the worlds

For whoever wills among you to take a right course.

And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.

Allama Iqbal erred in this respect - as if the free will bestowed by Allah (SWT) rises to the level that it complements Allah (SWT). We seek protection from our Lord Most High from such insinuations.

[Mastam]

نقطہ نوری کہ نام او خودی است
زیر خاک ماشرار زندگی است

از محبت می شود پائندہ تر
زندہ تر، سو زندہ ، تابندہ تر

از محبت اشتعال جوہرش
ارتقاۓ ممکنات مضمرش

فطرت او آتش اندوزد زعشق
عالم افروزی بیا موزدز عشق

عشق را از تیغ و خنجر باک نیست
اصل عشق از آب و باد و خاک نیست

ازنگاہ عشق خاراشق بود
عشق حق آخر سراپا حق بود

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