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Allama Iqbal Archive
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An educated Afghanistan will be the best friend of India : Iqbal
Posted on June 28, 2011 | No CommentsPersonally I believe that complete secularization of education has not produced good results anywhere especially in Muslim lands. Nor is there any absolute system of education. Each country has its own needs and its educational problems must be discussed and solved in the light of those needs. -
Islamic Culture: Europe has realized it, Let Muslims too – Iqbal
Posted on June 28, 2011 | No CommentsMillions upon millions of men and women in Europe are anxious to know what Islam and its cultural ideals are. The sooner the younger generation of Muslims realizes this fact the better. European Muslims have already realized it. -
Westerners do to Medicine what Indians do to food : Iqbal on Ayurvedic and Yunani medicine
Posted on June 28, 2011 | No CommentsI may mention that while I was in England, an English friend of mine told me that our way of cooking food was unnatural so much so that the original flavor of the food was entirely lost in the act of cooking it He praised the Western way of cooking food. Thereupon I told him that what we did with our food, the Westerners did with their medicines -
Iqbal’s New Year Message (1938)
Posted on June 16, 2011 | No CommentsLet us therefore begin the New Year with the prayer that God Almighty may grant humanity to those who are in places of power and government and teach them to cherish mankind. -
Qadianis are traitors both to Islam and to India: Iqbal’s Letter to Nehru
Posted on June 16, 2011 | No Comments"I have no doubt in my mind that the Ahmadis are traitors both to Islam and to India.", writes Iqbal to Pandit Nehru -
A Place amongst the Stars: Remembering Iqbal and the Meaning behind his Global Message
Posted on November 9, 2010 | No CommentsA critical essay by Katherine Schimmel Baki on the great poet Philosopher -
Allama Iqbal and Germany
Posted on April 28, 2010 | No CommentsWrote Iqbal, ‘It is impossible for me to forget your beautiful country where I have learned so much. My stay in Heidelberg is nothing now but a beautiful dream. How I’d wish I could repeat it!’ -
Milad Nabi – Allama Iqbal
Posted on February 18, 2010 | No CommentsIn order to maintain the flavor of faith in Prophet's teachings, one may resort to three ways... Allama iqbal -
Development of Personality
Posted on January 5, 2010 | No CommentsSpeech by Mohammed Zaheeruddin, President, Iqbal Academy Hyderabad, given during his visit to Sharjah -
Muslim Women Change Others’ Fate
Posted on December 27, 2009 | No CommentsTo the true lovers of God / Recite the Holy Qur'an / And enthusiastically translate / Its spirit into action -
My Homeland
Posted on December 25, 2009 | No CommentsFrom where the world heard / The voice of accord / From where the Arabian Leader / Felt coming the Cool Zephyr -
A Muslim University
Posted on December 21, 2009 | No CommentsMuslims are the real founders of University. Europeans are indebted to Muslims for their universities.- Iqbal -
Iqbal on Lord Krishna and Ram
Posted on December 6, 2009 | No CommentsIt was during his research for his thesis, that he met with Sanskrit language and literature -
The Materialistic Culture
Posted on November 11, 2009 | No CommentsBy its sorcery the eye of the heart is sightless, The soul thirsty with its barrenness -
The Ultimate Aim of Ego
Posted on November 10, 2009 | No CommentsAllama Iqbal invokes the aid of three witnesses to verify the Station of Ego -
Allama Iqbal’s Biography
Posted on November 9, 2009 | 2 CommentsThe days of this Faqir has come to an end / Another seer may come or not. -
Freedom
Posted on November 9, 2009 | No CommentsTo my mind those / Days of past are coming / When in the garden was spring / And everyone chirping -
Self Develops in Society:Iqbal Day on JAIHOON.TV
Posted on November 8, 2009 | No CommentsMohammed Zaheeruddin, Pres. of Iqbal Academy Hyderabad, elaborates Iqbal's views on the progress of Self in the light of Sura Ikhlas -
Allama Iqbal and Umar Qazi: Two lovers of the Holy Prophet
Posted on November 8, 2009 | 4 CommentsHad Iqbal known of Qazi, he would have probably included him in his poetry just as Tipu Sultan (from South India). The gap was partly owing to the rich contributions of Keralite intelligentsia but restricted to their own mother tongue. -
Prayer of a Child
Posted on November 2, 2009 | No CommentsLet my breath add to the beauty of my nation / Like how a flower adds to the beauty of a garden -
A Mother’s Dream
Posted on November 1, 2009 | No CommentsRestless I am / In your separation / Enjoining I am / A necklace of tears -
Benevolence
Posted on October 31, 2009 | No CommentsA torch has Allah given me / A radiant lamp has He made me / Noble are those ones indeed / Whom others find while in need -
The Idea of an Islamic Journal – Iqbal
Posted on October 29, 2009 | No CommentsI consider Islamic Jurisprudence as the greatest legacy that Islam has left to the modern world. Even the world of Islam has not yet properly understood its value. -
The Sufi vs. Observer of Nature
Posted on October 28, 2009 | No CommentsVision without power cannot give a lasting culture. Power without vision casuses destructiion - Iqbal -
Profit for one, Death for many
Posted on October 28, 2009 | No CommentsThe western leaders suck the blood of man and preach equality and social justice from the platform -
Communism and Imperialism
Posted on October 28, 2009 | No CommentsOne lives by production, the other by taxation, And man is a glass caught between two stones - Iqbal -
Complaint and prayer at Rawdha
Posted on October 28, 2009 | No CommentsLike Busiri I beg deliverance from you, That the day that was may never return again -
The World of Body vs. World of Soul
Posted on October 26, 2009 | No Comments"When you kneel to anothers might neither body nor soul is your own" -
Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam : A review
Posted on October 25, 2009 | 1 CommentThe book of Iqbal is a timeless intellectual challenge of the first rank, says Ludwig Amman -
Flattery
Posted on October 25, 2009 | No CommentsAllama Iqbal's poem on the practice of complementing excessivley for achieving a selfish goal -
A Day In the Life of Allama Iqbal
Posted on October 24, 2009 | No CommentsAn interview with Mian Ali Bakhsh, the life-long domestic assistant of Allama Muhammad Iqbal -
Iqbal remembered on the Moon
Posted on October 23, 2009 | No CommentsRakesh Sharma, the 1st Indian astronaut, used Iqbal's lines to describe how India appeared to him from outer space. -
Iqbal: The Interpreter of Truth
Posted on October 22, 2009 | No CommentsThe respected parents of Iqbal must have proposed his name at a very auspicious time -
Qadianis and Orthodox Muslims : Dr. Allama Iqbal
Posted on December 11, 2008 | No CommentsDr. Iqbal’s statement “Qadianis and Orthodox Muslims” was published in “The Statesman” on 14th May 1935. The issue created by the controversy between the Qadianis and the orthodox Muslims is extremely important. The Muslims have... -
The Present is in search of its Ibrahim
Posted on December 1, 2008 | 1 CommentTawhid, Unity of God, in Iqbalian poetry. Speech by Mohammed Zaheeruddin, (Vice President, Iqbal Academy Hyderabad) given during his visit to Sharjah in May 2006. -
The Divine Presence
Posted on June 21, 2008 | No CommentsThough Paradise is a manifestation of Him the soul reposes not, save in the vision of Him. We are veiled from our Origin; we are as birds who have lost our nest. If knowledge is... -
Iqbal’s Views On The Material And Spiritual Future Of Humanity
Posted on June 20, 2008 | No CommentsDr. Javid Iqbal IQBAL REVIEW Journal of the Iqbal Academy Pakistan April 2004 – Volume: 45 – Number: 2 Iqbal’s world‑view is based on his deep concern with the future of humanity as well as... -
Devil in the triangle of Rumi, Goethe and Iqbal
Posted on June 19, 2008 | No CommentsDr. Javid Iqbal Journal of the Iqbal Academy Pakistan October 2001 – Volume: 42 – Number: 4 The problem of evil has baffled many thinkers. Evil is not mere darkness that vanishes when light arrives.... -
Message Of The Martyr-King To The River Cauvery
Posted on June 19, 2008 | No Comments(The reality of life, death and martyrdom) River Cauvery, flow gently for a while; perchance you are wearied by continual wandering. For many years you have wept in the mountains, carving out your path with... -
The Spirit Of Nasir-I Khusrau Alavi Appears Sings An Impassioned Ghazal And Vanishes
Posted on June 18, 2008 | No CommentsOnce you have taken the sword in your hand and grasped the pen do not grieve if your body’s steed be lame or halt: virtue is born of the edge of the sword, and the... -
Departure To The Palace Of The Kings Of The East: Nadir, Abdali, The Martyr – King
Posted on June 17, 2008 | No CommentsThe voice of Bartari penetrated into my soul; I was intoxicated with Bartari’s song. Rumi said: ‘It is better to open your eyes, better to step outside the circle of your thoughts. You have passed... -
Meeting With The Indian Poet Bartari-Hari
Posted on June 16, 2008 | No CommentsThe houris in their palaces and pavilions my lament provoked to supreme ardour; one here put forth her head from her tent, another there peeped out from her chamber and gazed; to every heart in... -
In The Presence Of Shah-I Hamadan
Posted on June 15, 2008 | No CommentsI seek from you the key to the secret of God: He sought from us obedience, and created Satan. So to adorn the hideous and unlovely and to demand of us comeliness of works— I... -
Visitation To His Highness Sayyid Ali Hamadani And Mulla Tahir Ghani Of Kashmir
Posted on June 14, 2008 | No CommentsRumi’s words kindled a fire in my heart. Alas for Panjab, that precious land! Even in Paradise I burned with the fever of my friends, and knew again my ancient griefs until in that bower... -
The Palace Of Sharaf Al-Nisa
Posted on June 13, 2008 | No CommentsI said, ‘Yonder mansion of pure ruby which gathers tribute from the sun, yon station, yon abode, yon lofty palace whose portico the houris throng pilgrim-robed— tell me, you who inspired the travellers to search,... -
Departure For The Garden Of Paradise
Posted on June 12, 2008 | No CommentsI passed beyond the bounds of this universe and set foot in the undimensioned world, a world without both right and left, a world devoid of night and day. Before it the lantern of my... -
Beyond The Spheres
Posted on June 11, 2008 | No CommentsThe Station Of The German Philosopher Nitezshe The conflict of being and not-being is universal; no man knows the secret of yon azure sky. Everywhere death brings the message of life— happy is the man... -
The Lament Of One Of The Skiff-Riders Of The Sea Of Blood
Posted on June 10, 2008 | No CommentsNeither not-being nor being will accept us: alas, for the unkindness of being and not-being! We passed through the world of East and West and with pain and affliction reached the gates of Hell, but... -
The Spirit of India laments
Posted on June 9, 2008 | No CommentsThe soul’s candle is quenched in the lamp of India: Indians are strangers to India’s fair repute, its manikins not intimate with their self’s secrets, their plectrum plucks but rarely at their strings. They fasten... -
The Spirit of India Appears
Posted on June 8, 2008 | No CommentsHeaven split in twain. A pure-born houri lifted the veil from her countenance; on her brow shone eternal fire and light, her eyes were radiant with immortal joy. The robe covering her was lighter than...
