SPEECH: DR. ALLAMA MUHAMMAD IQBAL, POET OF THE UNIVERSE
A glance of some some one has elevated elevated Iqbal The people have been fascinated by Iqbal O stars, tell to where has departed Iqbal The region of wisdom has easily been crossed by Iqbal But in the kingdom kingdom of love has been entrapped Iqbal Iqbal (Translation from „Bazgasht e Iqbal‟ by Zafar Abbas) Worthy Mr. President and dear audience. th
9 November every year reminds us the significant day and date when a child took birth in Sialkot who changed not only the government set up in India but infused a new spirit among the Muslims of sub continent. It was Allama Dr,Muhammad Iqbal who appeared appeared on the scene scene of this mysterious mysterious world world with such such a sensitive soul keeping the ability ability to probe deeper and deeper into into the real nature nature of the mysteries of this ever changing world and with the eyes far reaching beyond the blue skies and searching the secrets of eternity. Dear Mr. President, President, Iqbal Iqbal had a unique, graceful graceful and matchless matchless beautiful beautiful style of poetry both in Urdu and Persian languages. No doubt he didn‟t write poetry for the sake of poetry but to improve the status of man particularly the Muslims of the subcontinent as he says in a Persian Persian verse: verse: “I seek no pleasure of song , My poetry is a device by which which I try to bring the strayed and uncontrolled uncontrolled camel camel of my nation to the herd” Dear Mr. President,.and President,.and dear dear audience, Iqbal, no doubt tried tried hard to awake awake his nation nation that was lying listless listless entangled in the chains of slavery but it doesn‟t mean that he had no sympathy no sympathy for the rest of the world. In fact he is the poet of the universe. The central character of the universe “the man” is the basic topic of his poetry. He tries his best to make man realize
himself and his positive capabilities.” Khudi”, the realizat ion of oneself, is his main symbol which he has used throughout his poetry. Iqbal gives the message of hope, love, justice and peace to the whole humanity and says:
“The lust of power and greed for wealth has separated the humanity apart. Be the language of brotherhood and narration of love” When he sees the horrible wars, battles and bloodshed every where in world he calls out:
“Man is a pitiable hunt in the clutches of the kings and leaders, It is a pity that man is the hunter and killer of man. Dear Mr. President and peace loving audience, The poetry of Iqbal is replete with the messages of hope, unity, brotherhood, love and peace. Now it is up to us to be benefited by his precious message and make the world a living paradise of love, unity and peace .I end my speech on these lines:
Iqbal gave the message of peace and love He wanted us be as innocent as a dove There is all around war terror and bloodshed Let us make the world, green , but not red.
