Political Thought of Iqbal (an Exploration)

Abstract:

Allama Muhammad Iqbal is a celebrated philosopher, mystic, theologian, politician, and a wisdom poet of modern Muslim world. He struggled for the academic enhancement, moral development, political independence, solidarity, freedom, and sovereignty of the Muslim world. He put his emphasis on philosophy and science i.e. along with revelation. Although Iqbal has derived his political vision from the teachings of Quran but he enriched it with all treasuries of knowledge of the East and the West specifically with the vision of Syed Jamal al Din Afghani. He admired Afghani as the genius of modern Muslim world. According to Quran, politics and affairs of state are a section of the multidimensional teachings of Islam. To fulfill the will of God, to govern the system of state, to provide equal opportunities to all beings with all justice, and to maintain peace, harmony, and discipline in this world, Islam provides a political guidance. Iqbal tried to reevaluate it according to the needs of time.

Key Words: State, Church, Priest hood, Monasticism, dictatorship, Spiritual, material Prologue