My Hero In History (Essay)

My Hero in History (Allama Mohammad Iqbal)

My Hero In History (Allama Mohammad Iqbal)

Allama Iqbal, known as the “Poet of the East”, was born in Sialkot in November 09, 1877. He belonged to Kashmiri family. As a student he was very intelligent. He passed his entrance examination with distinction. Then he got admission in Scotch Mission College, Sialkot. Here he met Maulvi Mir Hassan who was a great scholar. He learnt much from him. After that Iqbal moved to Lahore and did his B.A. with distinction from Govt. College, Lahore. Another precious contact of Iqbal was with Professor Arnold. After his Masters in Philosophy, Iqbal taught in Oriental College for some time. 

Iqbal was not satisfied with it. He wanted to go abroad for higher studies. So with the help of his brother he went to London and studied law, economics, political science and philosophy. He wrote a thesis on “The Philosophy of Iran” and was awarded a Ph. D. degree from Munich University, Germany. 

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After completing his education, he came to Lahore. He had already become famous as a poet. He started his practice as a lawyer but soon he was fed up with it and completely devoted himself to the poetry. His first poem “Himala” was published in the newspaper.

Iqbal’s poetry mainly deals with the philosophy of self-respect. He used to weep on the plight of the Muslims of the world in general and the Muslims of India in particular. In 1930 he presented the idea of a separate homeland for the Muslims of India in his famous Allahabad address.

Iqbal thinks that the Muslims have forgotten their magnificent and glorious past and have lost self-esteem. He believs that only if the Muslims recognize themselves they may rule the world even today. He thinks motivation is necessary to achieve some purpose. Action to Iqbal is essence of life. In short, Iqbal’s poetry motivates us to action. Young men are Iqbal’s main interest because he thinks that the young Muslims can change the course of history. 

Today he is not with us but we have his dream in solid form. We have his immortal poetry with us. Iqbal belongs not to an age or a nation: he is the poet of all ages, times nations.

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