Lecture Dated.

16-10-2014
Pak Studies
By:
Sajjad Hussain

Lecturer

iUSE School of Engineering & Management

sciences
Allama Iqbal and Ideology of Pakistan
Allama Iqbal the poet,philospher and a great thinker with
the help of his poetry tried to awaken the Muslims of the
sub-continent.He believed the separate identity of
Muslims as a nation.

In 1930,Allama Iqbal presented his mature political

opinion on the political fate of Indian Muslims in his
presidential address at Allahbad at the annual session of
Muslim League.
He said:
“I am fully convinced that the Muslims of India will
ultimately have to establish a separate homeland as they
could not live with the Hindus in the United States.”
He also said:
“India is a continent of human beings belonging to different races,
speaking different languages and professing different religions ….,I,
therefore demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim state in
the best interest of India and Islam.”

He stressed on the formation of a separate state by saying:

“I would like to see the Punjab, North West Frontiers Province, Sindh
and Baluchistan amalgamated into a single state self-government
within the British Empire or without the British Empire ,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.”
When the Hindu philosphers presented this philosphy
that a nation is born throughout the country and when
Maulana Hussain Ahmed Madni seconded it, then Iqbal
reacted strongly towards it. His thinking and poetry
reflect the Two Nation Theory and his poetry awakened
the feeling of Islamic nationality among the Muslims of
India. This sense of a single unity was a major factor in
the creation of Pakistan.
Iqbal's Political Life
Allama Iqbal firmly believed that the Muslims of India have a
separate identity and to protect this identity, the establishment of a
separate homeland for the Muslims of India was necessary. On 28th
March 1909, he rejected the invitation from the secular party
"Minswa Lodge" highligting the fact that:

"I have been a keen supporter of this theory that religious

differences in this country should end and even now I practice this
principle. But, now I have started to believe that separate national
identity for the Muslims and the Hindus is necessary for their
survival."
In 1930, in the Annual Session of Muslim League at
Allahbad, Iqbal said:

"India is a continent of human groups belonging to

different races, speaking different languages and
professing different religions. Their behavior is not at all
determined by a common race consciousness. I therefore,
demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim state in
the best interest of India and Islam."
Pakistan's Sketch
Allama Iqbal's Presidential Address at Allahbad in 1930 determined
the political path of the Muslims of sub-continent. In his address, he
in clear words said:

"I would like to see the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Sindh
and Balochistan been combined into a single state".

He further stated that:

"The formation of a consolidated North-West Indian Muslim State

appears to be the final destiny of the Muslims, at least of the north
west India."

Thus, Iqbal demanded a sovereign independent Muslim state even

before the Muslim League demanded it in Pakistan's Resolution.
Ideology of Pakistan and Iqbal
1. Third world war will end humanity-
2. Islam is the only escape for mankind
3. New world order
4. Islam and Muslims
5. Socio- Economic Ideals of the Millat & the
Muslim League
6. Crash of Civilization & the Role of Pakistan