Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), LAHORE, Pakistan - A renowned Iranian scholar Dr Mohammad Baghai Makan has said that unfortunately after 72 years of Allama Muhammad Iqbal’s death, Muslim nation could not see another Iqbal.
He said that fame of Iqbal was increasing in all over the world but Muslim Ummah was not practically following the great poet and philosopher’s philosophy and ideas to unite itself to withstand the challenges of time.
Tehran-based scholar Dr Makan has wrote 30 books on Allama Iqbal and won Tmagha-e-Emtiaz form Pakistan on his research work on Dr Muhammad Iqbal. He was the first foreigner who earned this award. He was speaking exclusively to The Nation here on Saturday after attending a literary conference at Alhamra Hall.
He said Muslim countries have lack of interest not only in the field of literature and arts but also in the fields of technology, science, agriculture, economy and politics whereof they were lagging behind others today.
Yet he said, the message sent to them by Allama Iqbal was still effective to guide the Muslims in the regard. He said that sectarianism was increasing amongst us and we were becoming the masters of killing while leaving the philosophy of knowledge and peace as propounded by the great poet. He said he spent 30 years of his life in research on Iqbal and he found that the great poet preaches nothing but unity among Muslims wherein lies the solution of all our problems. He said Iqbal through his poetic and prose works impresses upon the Muslims to adopt the new technology and compete with the world.
Dr Baghai said that Iqbal was becoming popular in the course of time and we observe his every death day and birthday with due regards and respect, but the need of the hour is to imbibe the message of unity in practical terms. He said that it was the time to translate into action what Iqbal had left to us as today despondency and disappointment in the Muslim world was rampant and Ummah badly needed something to bring us all on the common platform to fight the anti Muslim forces.
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