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DostoN aaj se hum ek naya silsila shuru kar rahe haiN, jiska shirshak hai.............."Shayar of the Month"...isme har mahina hum ek shayer ke baare me jaankari ke saath thread post karenge,aur phir us shayer ki writings aap sab ko post karna hai us thread per..jitni zyada hosake utni writings is thread per jamaa karenge

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Members se request hai ke,ek post per sirf ek ghazal/nazm post kareiN..

Na sirf is thread per, balki SDC ke baqi thread per jaise baitbazi, sher ka jawaab sher, matla maqta, shayer pehchaniye, mehfil-e ishq...in threads per bhi aap sab zyada se zyada is shayer ke writings ko post kiya kijiye, jaise poora mahina hum kisi ek shayer ke naam kar raheiN ho...

Isse hum har mahina zyada se zyada kisi ek shayer ke likhe writing ko padh sakenge..

Ummid hai aap sab hamari is koshish meiN hamara saath denge



Shayar of the Month:..Allama Iqbal sahab:

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Sir Muhammad Iqbal

Birth:

Iqbal was born in the Punjab on February 22, 1873.

Primary Education:He received his early education in Sialkot. After passing the entrance examination, he joined Intermediary College.

Higher Education:Passing on to the Government College of Lahore, Iqbal did his graduation with English Literature, Philosophy and Arabic as his subjects. At the college he met Prof. Arnold and Sir Abdul Qadir. Iqbal’s poem, Chand (moon) and other early poems appeared in the journal (which belonged to Sir Abdul Qadir) in 1901 and were acclaimed by critics as cutting a new path in Urdu poetry.

It did not take him long to win recognition as a rising star on the firmament of Urdu literature.

In the mean time he had done his MA in Philosophy and was appointed as a Lecturer in History, Philosophy and Political science at Oriental College, Lahore.

Wherever Iqbal worked or thought his versatility and scholarship made a deep impression on those around him.

In Europe

Iqbal proceeded to Europe for higher studies in 1905 and stayed there for three years. He took the Honors Degree in Philosophy and taught Arabic at the Cambridge University in the absence of Prof. Arnold.During his stay in Europe Iqbal not only read voraciously but also wrote and lectured on Islamic subjects which added to his popularity and fame in literary circles.

Back in India

Iqbal returned to India in 1908. The poet had won all these academic laurels by the time he was 32 or 33. He practiced as a lawyer from 1908 to 1934, when ill health compelled him to give up his practice. In fact, his heart was not in it and he devoted more time to philosophy and literature than to legal profession.

He attended the meetings of Anjuman Himayat-I-Islam regularly at Lahore. The epoch making poems, Shikwa and Jawab-e-Shikwa, which he read out in the annual convention of it one year after another, sparkled with the glow of his genius and made him immensely popular. They became the national songs of Millet.

Iqbal’s other poems Tarana-e-Hind (The Indian anthem) and Tarana-e-Milli (the Muslim Anthem) also became very popular among masses and used to be sung as symbols of National or Muslim identity at public meetings.

In these poems, Iqbal deplores the attitude of Muslim leaders who lay a claim to Islamic leadership and yet are devoid of a genuine spiritual attachment to the blessed Prophet.


Iqbal preferred Persian for poetic expression because its circle was wider than that of Urdu in Muslim India. His Persian works, Asrar-e-khudi (Secrets of the self), Rumuz-e-Bekhudi (Mysteries of Selflessness), Payam-e-Mashriq (Message of the East), Javed Nama (The Song of Eternity) belong to the same period of his life. And so is Reconstruction of Religious Thoughts in Islam, which was extensively appreciated and translated into many languages. Academies were set up in Italy and Germany for the study of Iqbal’s poetry and philosophy.
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Iqbal’s Death

The last phase of Iqbal’s life was embittered with constant illness.

A few minutes before his death he recited these touching lines:

The departed melody may return or not!

The zephyr from Hijaz may blow again or not!

The days of this Faqir has come to an end,

Another seer may come or not!

Allama Iqbal's Mausolem Although Iqbal’s was long and protracted the end was sudden and very peaceful. He breathed his last in the early hours of April 21, 1938, in the arms of his old and devoted servant, leaving behind a host of mourners all over the Islamic world. There was a faint smile playing on his lips, which irresistibly reminded one of the last criterions, which he laid down for a truthful Muslim.

I tell you the sign of a Mumin-

When death comes there is smile on his lips.


His poetry
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Sitaron se aage jahaaN aur bhi haiN
Abhi ishq ke imtihaaN aur bhi haiN

Taahii zindagi se nahiN ye fazayeiN
Yahan saikdoN karwaan aur bhi haiN

Kana'at na kar alam-e-rang-o-bu par
Chaman aur bhi, ashiyaN aur bhi haiN

Agar kho gaya ek nasheman to kya gham
Maqamat-e-ah-o-fugan aur bhi haiN

Tu shaheen hai parwaaz hai kam tera
Tere saamne asmaaN aur bhi haiN

Isi roz-o-shab meiN ulajh kar na rah ja
Ke tere zameen-o-makaan aur bhi haiN

Gaye din ke tanha tha maiN anjuman meiN
Yahaan ab mere razdaan aur bhi haiN





It is my sincere request to all the members of shayri.com, to post more and more on this thread with writings of Allama Iqbal sahab..