Nation marks Iqbal Day with pledge to get inspiration from his principles, ideals
Pakistan
Iqbal’s vision helped awaken the spirit of independence and self-determination among the Muslims of the Subcontinent
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - The nation is marking Allama Iqbal’s 148 birth anniversary on Sunday (today), with a call to revive his message of Khudi, unity and moral renewal to address contemporary challenges.
Allama Iqbal’s dream was that the youth should write their own destiny and create a new world with their own imagination.
Iqbal was an Islamic thinker and his dream was the unity of the Islamic world and the establishment of peace in the world. He saw the Muslim Ummah as one body. Today, the world needs this message of Iqbal so that there is brotherhood instead of sectarianism, love instead of hatred, and justice instead of use of might.
Iqbal’s vision helped awaken the spirit of independence and self-determination among the Muslims of the Subcontinent.
In his address at the All-India Muslim League session in 1930, he emphasised the importance of securing the rights of Muslims which laid the foundation for a sovereign nation.
Iqbal’s legacy goes well beyond his literary works such as Asrar-e-Khudi, Rumuz-e-Bekhudi and Bang-e-Dara, which explore matters of identity, spirituality and freedom.
His insistence on political representation for Muslims and on values rooted in Islam has left a lasting imprint on Pakistan’s national identity.
