137th Birth Anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal Todays story is about a Thinker, a Hero, a Philosopher. This story is about the Pride of our nation Allama Muhammad Iqbal. Iqbal was born in Sialkot on 9 November 1877 within the Punjab Province of British India (now in Pakistan). His grandparents were Kashmiri Pandits, the Brahmins of the Sapru clan from Kashmir who converted to Islam. In the 19th century, when Sikhs were taking over rule of Kashmir, his grandfathers family migrated to Punjab. Iqbal often mentioned and commemorated about his Kashmiri Pandit Brahmin lineage in his writings. Iqbals mother Imam Bibi was a polite and humble woman who helped the poor and solved the problems of neighbours. She died on 9 November 1914 in Sialkot. Iqbal loved his mother, and on her death he expressed his feelings of pathos in a poetic form elegy. Who would wait for me anxiously in my native place? Who would display restlessness if my letter fails to arrive? I will visit thy grave with this complaint: Who will now think of me in midnight prayers? All thy life thy love served me with devotion— When I became fit to serve thee, thou hast departed. These words express Iqbals feeling for his mother. The day Iqbal was born, his mother died. Iqbal was 4 years old when he was sent to a mosque for Quranic Education. He completed Matriculation, went to college, did FA, the same year went to Government college did Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. Iqbal is admired as a prominent classical poet by Pakistani, Indian, Iranian, and other international scholars of literature. Though Iqbal is best known as an eminent poet, he is also a highly acclaimed Muslim philosophical thinker of modern times. His first poetry book, Asrar-e-Khudi, appeared in the Persian language in 1915, and other books of poetry include Rumuz-i-Bekhudi, Payam-i-Mashriq and Zabur-i-Ajam. Amongst these his best known Urdu works are Bang-i-Dara, Bal-i-Jibril, Zarb-i Kalim and a part of Armughan-e-Hijaz. In Iran and Afghanistan, he is famous as Iqbal-e Lahori (Iqbal of Lahore), and his poetry enjoys immense popularity among the masses, as well as strong support from ideologues of the Iranian Revolution. Along with his Urdu and Persian poetry, his various Urdu and English lectures and letters have been very influential in cultural, social, religious and political disputes over the years. In 1922, he was knighted by King George V, giving him the title Sir. While studying law and philosophy in England, Iqbal became a member of the London branch of the All India Muslim League. Later, in one of his most famous speeches, Iqbal pushed for the creation of a Muslim state in Northwest India. He is the reason we live in Pakistan! He is the reason Pakistan exhist. This took place in his presidential speech in the Leagues December 1930 session. In much of Southern Asia and Urdu speaking world, Iqbal is regarded as the Shair-e-Mashriq (Poet of the East). He is also called Mufakkir-e-Pakistan (The Thinker of Pakistan) and Hakeem-ul-Ummat (The Sage of the Ummah). The Pakistan government officially named him a national poet. His birthday Yōm-e Welādat-e Muḥammad Iqbāl or Iqbal Day is a public holiday in Pakistan. In India he is also remembered as the author of the popular song Saare Jahaan Se Achcha. Today is IQBAL DAY, let us all unite as a nation, as this is truely what Iqbal dreamed of! Let us all think to our selves are we wrong? What have we done for our country? Why am I not polite to my fellow country men? Let us all pray for The Greatest man who exhisted in Pakistan. Let us all Pray for his peace. (Ameen)
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