tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post784827220212852873..comments2024-02-26T12:53:35.542+05:00Comments on The Republic of Rumi Blog: Nine QuestionsKhurram Ali Shafiquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15329916182280619617noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post-88154976777783042222012-07-27T11:18:54.044+05:002012-07-27T11:18:54.044+05:00I didn't have the time but made the time to go...I didn't have the time but made the time to go look for more at the RR blogsites after seeing some of Robert's earlier comments and quotes. I'm so glad I came here for a bit and now see this post with comments. <br /><br />Here is one of the comments that got me started this night:<br /><br />As Iqbal has said...why should I worry about asking the philosophers or rationalists, what my origins are, since I am obsessed by a desire to understand what my ultimate destiny is (the best that I can be). Translated from Urdu. (This may be Noor's?)<br /><br />And then, I love this comment by Robert here:<br />Sometimes not being understood (e.g., by some, or in some eras) can be like a guardian of a threshold. <br /><br />The entire post (including Rehan's intriquing poem) requires much more of me than I can accomplish right now yet gives me a little key to hide in my soul for just the right time in the near future, I am supposing.<br /><br />(first friday of Ramzan 2012)CNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877484524704475807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post-85717573439435607912012-07-17T21:23:32.705+05:002012-07-17T21:23:32.705+05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rehan Qayoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02391797858691917631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post-19701496032860314352012-07-13T05:08:53.542+05:002012-07-13T05:08:53.542+05:00Greetings,
Thank you for this most interesting po...Greetings,<br /><br />Thank you for this most interesting post.<br /><br />Iqbal seems (to me) to be unique. He is not merely a poet, nor merely a political thinker, nor merely a philosopher. He seems (to me) to be none of those, and all of those, but yet so much more than any of them. <br /><br />Perhaps he was destined for a unique, purposeful mission which included, as part of its consequences, having an ill understood message. Sometimes not being understood (e.g., by some, or in some eras) can be like a guardian of a threshold. <br /><br />As it's quite difficult to wrap some things in words, his philosophy can easily elude being straitjacketed. His philosophy simply may not fit most known intellectual molds. <br /><br />Indeed, I cannot explain how I sense him except to say that his philosophy is not, for me, simply new information (to be collected and shelved like data), but rather a wholly new healing change of context.<br /><br />Thank you again for this post.<br /><br />All good wishes,<br /><br />robertroberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393402288038226179noreply@blogger.com