Earlier this year, one of the departments of Karachi University arranged a conference on Iqbal. Having done my Masters thesis in the same area, we (me and my friends) were asked to write papers for that conference. Though the pressure of the second masters and time restrictions, we were able to write those papers but [...]
Archive for the ‘Allama Iqbal’ Category
18 Dec
Wataniyyat
I don’t think I have to say anything. Reminds me of my teacher saying, “Husn bazaat-e-khud daleel hai.” It speaks for itself.
Wataniyyat
(yani watan bahesiyyat eik siyasi tasawwur k)
Is daur mein mae aur hai, jaam aur hai jum aur
Saaqi nay bina ki rawish-e-lutf wa sitam aur
Muslim ne bhi tabeer kiya apna haram aur
tehzeeb kay aazar ne [...]
14 May
Hmmm…
Nikal ke sehra se jisne Roma ki saltanat ko ulat diya tha
Suna hai Qudsiyon se mein ne woh sher phir hoshiyaar hoga
-Allama Iqbal
15 Mar
On the Verge of Destruction
Watan ki fikar ker nadaan, museebat aanay wali hai
Teri barbadiyon kay mashware hain aasmanon mein
-Allama Iqbal
9 Nov
Iqbal on Politics…
And on this grand occasion, I’d like to quote Iqbal’s couplet which everyone tends to forget:
“judaa ho mazhab siyaasat se
tu reh jati hai changezi”
P.S. N.A tasheeh kerdena… yehi hai na?!
9 Nov
Iqbal Day…
9th November – Iqbal Day!
Allama Mohammad Iqbal, who gave the idea of two nation theory, dreamed of this land.
Now lay underneath the very soil he dreamed of. But the people have mutilated the dream.
The reality is ugly, the dream forgotten, and I, I’m digging the earth… The night has engulfed me. The mist is too strong [...]
24 Oct
Allama Iqbal
yun tu syed bhi ho, mirza bhi ho, afghan bhi ho
tum sabhi kuch ho,batao tu musalman bhi ho
-Allama Iqbal ( Jawab-e-Shikwa)
6 Oct
Afrang Zada – Allama Iqbal
1
Tera Wujood saraapa tajalliy-e-afrang
ke tu wahan kay imaarat garon ki hai tameer
magar yeh paiker-e-khaaki khudi se hai khaali
faqat niyaam hai tu zar nigaar-o-bay-shamsheer
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teri nigaah mein saabit nahin khuda ka wujood
meri nigaah mein sabit nahin wujood tera!
wujood kia hai? faqat jauhar-e-khudi ki namood
ker apni fikr kay jauhar hai bay-namood tera
6 Oct
Mard-e-Momin
I’ve been watching every politician or political analysts talking about the whole whole election, the parties, the results and the consequences. And believe me the debates on T.V. are just there to pass time as they offer no solution. So, being tired of seeing “respectable” people like Benazir and Sheikh Rasheed and others, I decided [...]
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