عقل و عشق: فکرِ اقبال کا ایک مطالعہ

ʻAql and ʻIshq: A Study of Iqbal’s Thought

Abstract

The themes of Fikr-e-Iqbal make us travel to the world of knowledge and literature. They promote our religious wisdom and at the same time develop the consciousness of criticism in Western ideas and theories. Wisdom holds a treasure of knowledge. Ishq and heart are the sparks from the flame of love. Ishq removes doubt and heart gives courage to conquer the world. It is the blessing of Ishq that brightens the eyes of the movement. Wisdom certainly guides us to a certain extent, but it cannot reach the truth. Understanding the truth is the treasure of the heart and ishq. After sorting out the knots of wisdom, we should pray to the God to make us the sahb-e-janon. When the intellect is freed from slavery, we will get out of the chaos of success and failure, and it will eventually leave the trust in means and resources. It is then that the youth will become teachers of their elders, and they will be rich in the meaning and interpretation of Iqbal's thought in the contemporary context. Thanks to wisdom, this ability becomes available that a person can say "God is one and none is worthy of worship except Him", but accepting this with the heart and eyes is the attribute of love, otherwise it cannot be accepted in its true essence and spirit. Which is to say that the intellect cannot explain even the predicate. That is why Iqbal also complained about the narrowness of the intellect. The place is bright with the light of Allah. To understand this word, the intellect has to be seen with the eyes of heart and love.