MUHAMMAD IQBAL - MODERN HISTORY
News: Muhammad
Iqbal: a poet for all ages
What's in the news?
● Obtrusively,
India walks away from Muhammad Iqbal, the man who penned Tarana-i-Hindi, ‘Saare jahan se achcha Hindustan hamara’.
● It
may not be a crime yet to sing his Bachche ki Dua (A Child’s Prayer) but it is
close as proved by a recent incident in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh where a
principal and a shiksha mitr were booked for asking children in the school
assembly to sing, “Lab pe aati hai dua ban ke tamanna meri”.
Muhammad Iqbal:
● Muhammad
Iqbal (1877 – 1938), widely known as Allama Iqbal was a poet-philosopher whose work promoted the philosophy of self-hood
and dealt with the intellectual and cultural reconstruction of the Islamic
world.
Works:
● His
best known Urdu works are The Call of
the Marching Bell, Gabriel's Wing, The Rod of Moses and a part of Gift from
Hijaz.
● "Sare
Jahan se Accha", formally known as "Tarānah-e-Hindi", is an Urdu
language patriotic song for children written by poet Muhammad Iqbal in the
ghazal style of Urdu poetry. The poem was published in 1904.
Role in creation of Pakistan Movement:
● He
is widely regarded as having inspired the Pakistan Movement. He is called the
"Spiritual Father of
Pakistan."
● In
1930, during the 25th Session of the
All-India Muslim League in Allahabad, he delivered his most famous presidential speech known as the Allahabad Address in which
he pushed for the creation of a Muslim state in north-west India.
● Iqbal
is considered to have given the vision for the creation of Pakistan, whereas
Jinnah is considered to be the one who shaped this vision.
● The
Pakistan government officially named him "National Poet of Pakistan".
● He
was regarded as the ideological founder
of the nation in Pakistan.