tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post43404253145725064..comments2024-02-26T12:53:35.542+05:00Comments on The Republic of Rumi Blog: "Accept!"Khurram Ali Shafiquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15329916182280619617noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post-76195748692349924892009-04-01T10:06:00.000+05:002009-04-01T10:06:00.000+05:00Connie, thanks for bringing that up. There are wid...Connie, thanks for bringing that up. There are widespread misconceptions about Iqbal's message, and in vain did he try to clarify in his own lifetime. Violence has no place in modern world, according to him, except where it has to be used in order to block a physical attack. He didn't admire Afghans just because they were virile, etc, but on the contrary because he believed that the consultative nature of their power structure offered them a natural capability for democracy :) (He dedicated his second volume, A MESSAGE FROM THE EAST, to Amir Amanullah who was renowned for introducing modern reforms in Afghanistan). Iqbal never used the word "Super Man" for his ideal: his ideal, as he clearly stated at all times, was "a spiritual democracy".Khurram Ali Shafiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15329916182280619617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post-1875354534211505662009-04-01T08:29:00.000+05:002009-04-01T08:29:00.000+05:00This is all new to me yet since we in America must...This is all new to me yet since we in America must need learn many things in order to challenge our needfully dissolving empire before it continues more harm in Afghanistan/Pakistan - I want to learn my little part.<BR/><BR/>So while I haven't yet read the assignment for this day (& wish to do so soon), these items struck me & I would appreciate some commentary.<BR/><BR/>Here is the source:<BR/>http://www.allamaiqbal.com/poet/poetry/persian/poet_d1intropas.htm<BR/><BR/>Definition of Religion: In his address to the inhabitants of the frontier areas, Iqbal defines Religion in terms of Selfhood and the principle of ‘TawÁâd’. The awakening and integration of the individual and the collective ego is essential for advancement in the spiritual or the temporal sphere. Iqbal preached his familiar message with renewed vigourچیست دیں؟ دریافتں اسرار خویشزندگی مرگ است بے یدار خویشبرگ و ساز کائنات از وحدت استاندریں عالم حیات از وحدت استThe Perfect Man & Destroyer and Creator - Iqbal describes his Perfect Man as both destroyer and creator–he destroys old evils and creates new ideals. He is the heir of the prophets–demolishing an old world to build a new one. Very often the idol-breaking Perfect Man is symbolized by Abraham–the builder of the champion of God’s Oneness against the polytheistic customs of his father ÿzar. ...<BR/><BR/>From Iqbal’s lines, we can perceive his reasons for liking the Afghans and their country �they are vigorous and virile people, and become almost a pilgrimage from which Poet derives spiritual sustenance.<BR/><BR/>So how would you advise the people in the West, Muslims and others, who want to be in harmony with Igbal goals - both respect and peace, both the individual devotion of God - The Ultimate and the Collective Ego of the higher "Man" under God...even if our nations of habitat are not doing so?CNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877484524704475807noreply@blogger.com