Lecturer: Syed Zaid Zaman Hamid Broadcaster: AAG TV Editor: Imran Khan
Iqbal's Poetry In This Lecture. 1) Aik Hon Muslim Haram Ki Pasbani Ke Liye Neel Ke Sahil Se Le Kar Ta Bakhak-e-Kashghar 2) Ishq Ko Faryad Lazim Thi So Woh Bhi Ho Chuki Ab Zara Dil Thaam Kar Faryad Ki Taseer Dakh. 3) Baichta Hai Hashmi Namoos-E-Deen-E-Mustafa (S.A.W.) Khak-O-Khoon Mein Mil Raha Hai Turkaman-E-Sakht Kosh. 4) Agar Usmaniyon Par Koh-E-Gham Toota To Kya Gham Hai Ke Khoon-E-Sad Hazar Anjum Se Hoti Hai Sahar Paida. 5) Tu Ghani Az Har Do A’alam Mann Faqeer Roz-e-Mahshar Uzr Haey Mann Pazeer War Hisabam Ra Tu Beeni Naguzeer Az Nigah-e-Mustafa Pinha Bageer
Iqbal, Jinnah and concept of Pakistan Ideologically separated from Congress Muslim leaders, Iqbal had also been disillusioned with the politicians of the Muslim League owing to the factional conflict that plagued the League in the 1920s. Discontent with factional leaders like Sir Muhammad Shafi and Sir Fazl-ur-Rahman, Iqbal came to believe that only Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a political leader capable of preserving this unity and fulfilling the League's objectives on Muslim political empowerment. Building a strong, personal correspondence with Jinnah, Iqbal was an influential force in convincing Jinnah to end his self-imposed exile in London, return to India and take charge of the League. Iqbal firmly believed that Jinnah was the only leader capable of drawing Indian Muslims to the League and maintaining party unity before the British and the Congress: I know you are a busy man but I do hope you won't mind my writing to you often, as you are the only Muslim in India today to whom the community has right to look up for safe guidance through the storm which is coming to North-West India and, perhaps, to the whole of India. While Iqbal espoused the idea of Muslim-majority provinces in 1930, Jinnah would continue to hold talks with the Congress through the decade and only officially embraced the goal of Pakistan in 1940.
