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Allama Iqbal is our national poet. In fact, he is the poet of all the Islamic world. He was born at Sialkot on 9th November 1877. He belonged to a respectable Kashmiri family. He got his early education there. Even as a child he showed signs of great promise. During his school days, he came under the influence of a great scholar, Maulvi Mir Hassan. He passed his Intermediate Examination from Murrey College, Sialkot. After this, he went to Lahore and passed his M.A. philosophy. For some days he served as a professor at Government College. Then he proceeded to England for higher education. On his return from Europe, he began to practice as a lawyer. But he did not like this profession. He was interested in poetry and national problems. He was pained to see that the Muslims were poor, ignorant and backward. At that time Iqbal’s fame had spread in the sub-continent as a rising poet and great thinker. In the course of time, his fame travelled beyond the boundaries of his own land.
He expressed his feelings in his poems. He wrote his poems at first in Urdu and then in Persian. His poetry is full of hope. He wrote poems in praise of culture. Every verse of Iqbal is full of the spirit of life. He tried to awaken the Muslims of the whole world from the deep sleep. His poetry is full of vigour and confidence. His Urdu books of poetry are Bang-e-Dara, Bal-e-Jibreel and Zarb-e-Kaleem. He used Shaheen (Falcon) as a symbol of his concept of the true Muslim. He placed the Shaheen as a model for the Muslim youth to have before them. He wanted that the Muslims should be powerful, courageous, ever-rising and ever-victorious human being. To him, true Muslims are blessed with inexhaustible energy, resourcefulness, high ideas, hard life and hot pursuit. He inspired us to the life of struggle against all forces of evil.
Allama Iqbal gave the idea of a separate Muslim state in the sub-continent. He believed that the two nations could not peacefully live together in one state. He kept himself in close touch with Quaid-e-Azam. But he was not destined to see his dream come true in his life. he died on 21st April 1938. He was buried near the Shahi Mosque in Lahore. The nation pays glorious tribute to him every day.
Allama Iqbal is not only the greatest poet of our age but also one of the greatest poets of all times. He was a learned man, a great philosopher and a political leader of great importance.
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