Abstract
In Iqbal’s political philosophy and practice, parliamentary spiritual democratic system is universalistic and particularistic in its range. Global in nature, it is anchored in the religion of Islam that gives it a universal look. In 1926, when he entered politics to realize this ideal in practice, his ideas started to reflect the political scenario of the subcontinent. Besides Islam, Iqbal had made use of a good deal of western political concepts of nationalism, democracy, secularism, sovereignty, ethics of politics and communism. But he neither fully appreciates nor discards out rightly all these concepts. On the other hand, he has expounded his own political ideals of Tauhid, Khudi, Marde Momin, Islamic democracy, Millat, etc. Through these patterns of thought, Iqbal try to train an individual, a society and a global Islamic order. This universal order as it is construed from the concept of ummah will strive for the promotion of pan-humanism, i.e., freedom, brotherhood, and equality of humanity. In this paper Iqbal’s political philosophy, his concept of Khudi, how he perceives an ideal society will be analyzed. It will also be highlight that how his political philosophy changed from one stage to another. Keywords: Allama Iqbal, Political Philosophy, Muslim Society in India, Islam, Nation-State
Highlights
Muhammed Iqbal (1877-1938) is a national poet of Pakistan. He is famous and well-known in India and beyond for his philosophical, poetic, and political works and services that he rendered for Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Iran, and the Muslim world at large
Allama Iqbal political thought is as much relevant in the today world because he calls for the reformation of Muslims mind in all time in first place and second his philosophy gains universal dimension, for Islamic world that is experiencing dissolution and alienation in every field (Razak, 2011) (Hamit, 2020)
It is a proper time to bring into use his political philosophy of tauhid, khudi, momin, millat, spiritual democracy, etc
Summary
Muhammed Iqbal (1877-1938) is a national poet of Pakistan. He is famous and well-known in India and beyond for his philosophical, poetic, and political works and services that he rendered for Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Iran, and the Muslim world at large. His assumptions of tauhid (Oneness of God and the prophet hood of Muhammad), khudi (ego), momin (The Perfect Man), millat (The Community, individual and community relationship), and ijtihad (parliamentspiritual democracy) are pivotal to his political philosophy.
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