11-10-2010, 08:04 PM
Sorry to intervene but something I wish to contribute.
Iqbal was a very nice poet and probably the first prominent poet in sub-continent who tried to open the eyes of Muslims as an Ummah through his work.
Iqbal was a big philospher and thinker. He was a learned, confident and thoughtful focal point for the sub-conntinental Muslims.
Iqbal was a normal human being (in his traits of being a human) and many references confirm that he used to drink occusionally. His real son has also confirmed it directly or indirectly. We must not forget that he was a student of Cambridge UK and has learnt a lot from Europeans though he had least of their color in his poetry; but mind it, the least color was in his poetry. As a human he was also a human and a normal human is expected to occusionally do mistakes however strong he may be in his reflections.
Iqbal was inspired of Hussain Bin Mansoor Hallaj and Maulana Roomi and his concept of KHUDI (for Muslims) was an inspiration from the concept of "Ana-al-Haq" of Hussain Bin Mansoor Hallaj. Although getting inspiration carries nothing odd, but I am writing this because usually it is not known to masses.
These are not my words. Way back one of doctor of philosphy has proved this through his Thesis on Iqbal (submitted to Punjab University) where he compared Baal-e-Jibreel (and perhaps Baang-e-Dara as well but not sure) with the famous book "AL-TUAASEEN" written by Hussain Bin Mansoor and concluded that concept of KHUDI is a derivation from the concept of Ana-al-Haq.
Regardless of anything, Iqbal gave a thought to the Muslims of sub-continent and no other poet has the depth which we can see only in the poetry of Iqbal.
Regards,
Iqbal was a very nice poet and probably the first prominent poet in sub-continent who tried to open the eyes of Muslims as an Ummah through his work.
Iqbal was a big philospher and thinker. He was a learned, confident and thoughtful focal point for the sub-conntinental Muslims.
Iqbal was a normal human being (in his traits of being a human) and many references confirm that he used to drink occusionally. His real son has also confirmed it directly or indirectly. We must not forget that he was a student of Cambridge UK and has learnt a lot from Europeans though he had least of their color in his poetry; but mind it, the least color was in his poetry. As a human he was also a human and a normal human is expected to occusionally do mistakes however strong he may be in his reflections.
Iqbal was inspired of Hussain Bin Mansoor Hallaj and Maulana Roomi and his concept of KHUDI (for Muslims) was an inspiration from the concept of "Ana-al-Haq" of Hussain Bin Mansoor Hallaj. Although getting inspiration carries nothing odd, but I am writing this because usually it is not known to masses.
These are not my words. Way back one of doctor of philosphy has proved this through his Thesis on Iqbal (submitted to Punjab University) where he compared Baal-e-Jibreel (and perhaps Baang-e-Dara as well but not sure) with the famous book "AL-TUAASEEN" written by Hussain Bin Mansoor and concluded that concept of KHUDI is a derivation from the concept of Ana-al-Haq.
Regardless of anything, Iqbal gave a thought to the Muslims of sub-continent and no other poet has the depth which we can see only in the poetry of Iqbal.
Regards,
