Iqbal on Guru Nanak

Butkada phir baad muddat ke magar raushan hua, Noor-e-Ibrahim se aazaar ka ghar raushan hua! Phir uthi aakhir sada tawhid ki Punjab se, Hind ko ik mard-e-kamil ne jagaya khwab se!

(After and age, once again the temple became radiant; Aazar’s house shone with the glory of Abraham. Once again, the call of God’s unity arose from Punjab From its dream Hind was awakened by a Perfect man.)

Iqbal brings Guru Nanak centre stage. The world is dark, all great teachings have been forgotten and migrated to distant land, and caste is crushing the oppressed. All of a sudden history repeates itself. Giving the analogy of Prophet Abraham’s father, Aazaar (a consummmate artist, maker of idols) in whose house Abraham, the Father of Wahdaniyat(One God) was born. Guru Nanak was thus sent to earth to spread this very Wahdaniyat. The soil of Punjab gave call for Unity and India was awakened from its deep slumber by a man who is Kamil or complete, the perfect Man, Guru Nanak.

Syeda Hameed in her essay ‘My Rama Secular Hindu Divine’ in The Little Magazine , Vol. VII : Issue 5 & 6, Page 33

Crossposted from https://parchanve.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/iqbal-on-guru-nanak/

Comments:

Harpreet Singh - Jan 5, 2012

Wah Wah….

Please provide exact reference where Iqbal said these things about the founder of Sikhism - Guru Nanak.

Please see Iqbal’s ‘Nanak’. You can do an internet search to satsiufy yourself.

http://iqbalurdu.blogspot.ca/2011/04/bang-e-dra-143-nanak.html You may find the explanations you are looking for.

Ejaz Ahmed Khan, it is true