Death anniversary of Allama Iqbal being observed today
The 80th death anniversary of Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal is being observed today.
(Dunya News) - The 80th death anniversary of national poet Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal is being observed today all over the country.
Allama Muhammad Iqbal was born on November 9, 1877 in Sialkot. He is also considered one of the most important figures in literature with literary works in both Urdu and Persian languages. Asrar-e-Khudi, Payam-i-Mashriq, Bang-i-Dara, Bal-i-Jibril, Zarb-i Kalim and Armughan-e-Hijaz were amongst his best works.
He is also recognised as Muslim philosophical thinker of modern times. Iqbal is known as Shair-e-Mushriq meaning Poet of the East. He is also called Muffakir-e-Pakistan (“The Inceptor of Pakistan”) and Hakeem-ul-Ummat (“The Sage of the Ummah”) and is credited with sparking the pan-Islamic thought among Muslims of the subcontinent.
Speaking to Dunya News, renowned scholar and a noted critic Prof Khawaja Muhammad Zakariya said, “The first thing is to discover oneself, the abilities you have and how to polish them through a thorough education you finally become a perfect man ‘banda-e-momin’.”
Various social, political and cultural organisations also held special programmes to pay homage to the poet.
He passed away in Lahore on April 21, 1938.
Iqbal’s name will remain forever through his philosophy and poetry.
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