The Ideology of Pakistan and Allama Iqbal (Rahmatullah)

Allama Iqbal gave the Muslims an idea of a separate state. Through his poetry, he awakened the Muslims. In the beginning, he was a supporter of Hindu-Muslim Unity, but the narrow-mindedness and biased attitude of the Hindus forced him to re-think that the Muslims should demand a separate country.

        1. In his famous presidential address at Allahabad in 1930, he demanded a separate state for the Muslims so that they might lead their lives by their religion and culture. He said:

“The formation of a consolidated North-West Indian Muslim state appears to me to be the final destiny of the Muslims, at least of North-West India. The life of Islam as a cultural force in this living country very largely depends on its centralization in a specified territory. I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interests of India and Islam.”

        2. Allama Muhammad Iqbal (Rahmatullah) asserted that the Hindus and the Muslims could not live together in a country. Hence, sooner or later, the Muslims would succeed in winning their separate state. He turned down the idea that only one nation exists in the Sub-continent. Accepting Islam as a complete system, Allama Muhammad Iqbal (Rahmatullah) said clearly:

“India is a continent of human groups belonging to different races, speaking different languages, and professing different religions. It was the prime duty of all civilised nations to show utmost regard and reverence for the principles of other nations' religion, cultural and social values.”

        3. Allama Iqbal (Rahmatullah) believed that the Muslims, due to Islam, form a Millat and their power and strength depend only on Islam. In his poetry, he presented the Key concept of the basis of Muslim Millat.

Don’t presume that your nation is like the nations of the West, the people who believe in the Prophet (S.A.W) have the distinctive formation of the nations. The western community depends upon territorial and racial basis whereas your (Islamic) community is strengthened by the force of the religion.

        4. He advised the Muslims to adopt every aspect of religion and to break the idols of colour and creed.

Break the idols of colour and creed and absorb yourself into one nation so Turani, Irani, or Afghani (Regional status of the Muslims) may lose their existence. He considered that all the Muslims living in any part of the world were from one Millat.

        5. Therefore, he gave the message to the Muslims living from the shore of the Nile to the land of Kashghar to be united for the protection of Haram