Allama Iqbal Archive

Authentic, readable biography of Iqbal needed: By Rauf Parekh Monday, 09 Nov, 2009 (Dawn) COMMENTING on the genre of biography, Oscar Wilde said: ‘Formerly we used to canonise our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarise them. Cheap editions of great books may be delightful,
Allama Iqbal in the eys of Jon Elia: جون نے اقبال کی شاعرانہ عظمت کے مداح شمس الرحمان فاروقی سے کہا وہ شاعر عظیم کیسے ہوسکتا ہے جس نے متضاد کرداروں کی مدح سرائی کی ہو۔ جیسے ؟؟ شمس الرحمان فاروقی نے استفسار کیا۔ جون نے اپنے
Islam khatray main hay – by Hasan Nisar: A critical column by Hasan Nisar
Sufi and Tasawwuf, A critical view – by Khurshid Nadeem: In this op-ed, Khurshid Nadeem offers a critical perspective on Sufis and tasawwuf (mysticism) based on his reading of Allama Muhammad Iqbal and Javaid Ahmed Ghamidi. Nadeem also offers his appreciation of a Pakistani
Let’s sing Iqbal’s Tarana-e-Hind-o-Pak to fight religous extremism – by Aakar Patel: Mr Zardari, tear down this wall Sunday, March 08, 2009 Aakar Patel Allama Iqbal imagined Pakistan as a utopia in northwest India where Punjabis would do ijtihad and read Nietzsche. The Quaid-e-Azam ordered a Pakistan where religion would cease
Allama Iqbal, Bacha Khan and terrorists – by Suroosh Irfani: It might well be that the heartless war our homegrown jihadis and Afghan Taliban are waging against Pakistan exemplifies Islam’s dangerous inversion that Iqbal had warned against some three generations ago. Such inversion has virtually displaced Bacha Khan and
Allama Iqbal: Is he relevant? – by Yasser Latif Hamdani: A very interesting, critical essay by Yasser Latif Hamdani Allama Iqbal: Is he relevant? By Yasser Latif Hamdani Is Allama Iqbal relevant to us?Given the current turmoil, which has made it abundantly clear that the people of Pakistan desire
Kalam-e-Iqbal: Tu abhi rehGuzar main hai: Kalam-e-Iqbal Tu abhi rehGuzar main hai Poetry: Allma Muhammad Iqbal Singer: Jawad Ahmed One of the best things I heard for ages…
Allama Iqbal and Ahlul-Bayt: Here is a collection of Allama Muhammad Iqbal’s poems on the Ahl-e-Bayt of the Prophet Muhammad (peace by upon him and his progeny) including Iqbal’s poems on Hazrat Ali, Hazrat Fatima Zahra and Imam Hussain: Iqbal on Hazrat Imam
Karbala and the Imam Hussain in Persian and Indo-Muslim literature – by Annemarie Schimmel: Annemarie Schimmel, Allama Muhammad Iqbal and the significance of Karbala In this era of the qehtur-rijal, we needed to have voices such as Iqbal and Schimmel. Instead, we have “scholars” such as Dr Israr Ahmed and Dr Zakir Naik
Iqbal’s and Jinnah’s vision of Pakistan – Dr Javid Iqbal: Shame on Dr. Israr Ahmed and Dr. Safdar Mehmood for distorting the vision of Jinnah and Iqbal.
Dr Javid Iqbal’s Vision of Pakistan: Nawai-Waqt – 13 September 2008