IQBAL: Manifestation of the Islamic Spirit

The genius of the philosopher "Iqbal" in my humble opinion is higher than that of Socrates or Aristotle or Plato or Confucius and many more. Iqbals work is the rare example of spiritual philosophy that embarks the ship of morality with utmost conviction in the divine order.

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This book is an excellent, powerful, but easy to read for the non-specialist, introduction to the Islamic thought of Allama Iqbal. Two contemporary views are presented, the first, by Ayatullah Ali Khamene'i, provides a historical context and background of the period within which Iqbal wrote: The British colonization of India, the uprisings against, and the subsequent directions that Muslims took in response to the oppressive conditions:"Iqbal's day to day life in city of Lahore and in the colonized subcontinent of India led him to directly experience the pains and hardships of life. It was at this juncture that Iqbal raised the banner of his revolt. His was a cultural, political, and revolutionary movement.The first thing that was necessary for Iqbal to do was to make Indian society aware of its Islamic identity, Islamic "selfhood" and Islamic personality, or, rather the human dimension of its personality. He asked the people why they were complacent, why they were forgetful, and why they had abandoned their real selves. He asked them to regain their Islamic and human identity. The was the first message delivered by Iqbal."The second view is by Dr. Ali Shariati, who gives a wide ranging tour of Iqbal's thoughts, and places him in the context of anti-colonial struggles. But not of the nationalist kind, rather one that transcended narrow isolated thinking, and provided a framework for Muslims moving towards becoming an umma."Reconstruction means to return to our own culture in all its meaning and with all of its body of knowledge."Iqbal can be difficult to understand for those without some background in philosophy, but with this introduction, one can begin to approach Iqbal at a much deeper level. And we can begin to apply his thoughts to our contemporary period, which is not all that different from the colonial period within which Iqbal's thoughts were formed.Our period's imperialism is also both physical, and an ideological assault. The strategy of full-spectrum domination, includes the spread of a miserable corrupt ideology - that leaves its adopters devastated - materially, intellectually, and spiritually. We too have a need for clarifying our ideology, and to mentally distance ourselves from the constant barrage of propaganda. This requires that we too produce and read works that reflect our ideology, and that can express the concern of our contemporary period

Mohammad Iqbal, definitely the leading philosopher of Islam in the 20th century. He woke the Muslims from deep sleep and made them aware of the noble heritage of Islam which Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) had taught the Muslims for all time to come.You are an eagle whose home is not in the domes of palaces but on the top of rocky mountains and hills where everything else is low.Owais Bayunus

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