IQBAL2011-2012
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CONTENTS
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Registrar
Provost
Censor
Teacher in Charge
A Brief Sketch of Allama Iqbal Sarham Ahmad 01
Sir Dr. Mohammed Allama Iqbal Mohd. Rahimullah 03
Secret of Success Saim Qamar 07
Spot an Alig in Crowd Meraj Habib Ansari 08Shahbaz Zafar
Peace Hath Her Victories No LessRenowned Than War Adnan Anwer 09
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Positive Quotes Shahab Malik 09
Education Syed Akhlaqur Rahman 10
Modern Student Waseem Shoaib 10
Glamour of India Zeeshan Nezami Ansari 11
The Heavens are Blue.... Mohd. Adeel Alam 12
Ode to Humanity Mohd. Waseem Shoaib 13
River of Thoughts Mohd. Kashif Mir 13
The Thought Tanveer ul Islam 14
Away from Home Danish Ansari 14
My Mother Ahmad 15
Open Letter to Bill Gates Samrin Javed 16
Valuable Words Mohd. Dilshad Siddique 16
Scientific Develpoment and Our Nation Fatima Hasan 17
Career Planning in Todays Competitive Era M. Saad Hameed 19
Some Politicians and Alumni of A.M.U. Mohd. Rahimullah 22
On the Sudden Death of Beloved Arhaan ur Rehman 24
Snakes Gulrez 25
O Minous 11 Abdul Saman Qadri 26
Interesting facts Regarding English Language Danish Ahmad 26
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Chemistry Through Poetry Danish Ahmad 27
The Seven Secrets of Success Lying in our Room Mohd. Dilshad Siddique 27
A Divine Virtue Shalabh Sharma 27
Success Behind A to Z Mohd. Adeel Alam 28
Women Ali Faran Gulrez 29
Quotations Adnan Anwer 29
Life so Far Shah Anwara Khan 30
What is Life ? Adnan Anwer 30
.Unexpected Uvais Mustafa 31
A Mothers Love Gayas Ahmad 31
Allamains Uvais Mustafa 32
And You Came Back Tanveer-ul-Islam 32
Major Factor for Hindrance of
Development : Reservation Arpit Agrawal 33
Corruption : Can We Curb it? Danish Akhtar 34
Jokes Mohd. Nehal Salik 35
Brain Drain - A Threat to Indias Dream Rehan Mateen 36
Role of Youth in Politics Shalabh Sharma 38
Unknown Desire Shah Anwara Khan 39
Corruption in Public Life Shabbir Ahmed 40
The Oil Drops Samir Alam 41
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Communal Harmony Faiz Ahmed Khan 43
Empowerment of Women Through Education Dr. Naila Rashid 46
Arab Spring: Where is it Leading Mohd. Ahmad 54
Khilafah : The Answer Abdul Rahman Sheri 57
Qualities of a Hero Md. Samir Alam 60
Knowledge in Islam S. M. Altamush 62
In Search of Happiness... Zeeshan Ali 65
The End of Education is Character Amees Abdullah 66
The Rate of Gold and Silver, its effect onWorld Economy and Modern Banking System Syed Abdullah Zaini 67
Education System of India Waqaruddin Siddiqui 70
Islam the Religion of the Future Umar Amin Reshil 75
Sir Syeds Ideas on Woman Education Arif Ali Khan 76
Muslims in India: Challenges and Opportunities Md. Sadaf Nasir 90
Early Journalistic Endeavours of Sir Syed Shafey Kidwai 96
Qurratul-ain Hyder Shazia Abdul Rehman 122
Provost & Wardens 126
Office Staff 127
Sub-Ordinate Staff 128
Dining Hall Staff 130
A.M.U., Tarana Asrar-ul-Haq Majaaz 134
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A BRIEF SKETCH OF ALLAMA IQBAL
Sarham AhmadA.I. Hall
Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938)
is one of the preeminent-writers of
Indo-Pakistan subcontinent. Indeed
the attention he has received from
numerous writers, translators and
critics from western as well as Islamic
countries testifies to his stature as a
world literary figure. While his
primary reputation is that of a poet.
Iqbal has not lacked admirers for his
philosophical thought. He has in fact
been called the more-serious scholar
philosophical thinker of modern
times. The frequently used
appellation of "Poet-philosopher" is
thus well deserved. The hyphen in
the phrase is all important. Iqbal's
poetry and philosophy do not exist-
in isolation from each other, they are
integrally related. His poetry serves
as a vehicle for his thought. Iqbal
wrote poetry in Urdu and Persian,
and several collections in each
language exist.
Iqbal was born in Sialkot. In the
present day province of the Punjab
in Pakistan, in 1877. He received his
early education in that city, where
one of his teachers was Mir Hasan
an accomplished scholar who
commanded a knowledge of several
Islamic languages Mir Hasan gave
Iqbal a thorough training in the rich
Islamic literary tradition. His
influence on Iqbal was formative.
Many years later (1922) when the
English Governor of Punjab proposed
to the British crown that Iqbal be
knighted in acknowledgement of his
literary accomplishment, Iqbal asked
Mir Hasan also be awarded a title.
To the government remark that Mir
Hasan had not authored any book,
Iqbal responded that he Iqbal was
the book Mir Hasan had produced.
Mir Hasan received the title of
Shamsal-ulama (Son of Scholar).
For higher education Iqbal went
to Lahore (1895), where he enrolled
in Government College, in 1899
obtained a degree in law (1898). In
Lahore, a major center of academic
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and literacy activity, Iqbal soon made
a name for himself as a poet. One
of the teachers of government college
Iqbal admired most was Sir Thomas
Arnold. Arnold too, had great
affection for Iqbal, he helped Iqbal
in his career as a teacher and also
encouraged him to undertake several
research projects. When Arnold
returned to England in 1904, Iqbal
wrote a touching poem in which he
expressed his resolve to follow
Arnold to England. The very next
year, in fact Iqbal left for study at
Cambridge. His choice of Cambridge
was reputed for the study not only
of European philosophy but also of
Arabic and Persian. In his three years
of stay abroad, Iqbal obtained a B.A.
from barrister at London Middle
Temple (1906) and earned a Ph.D.
from Munich University (1908). After
returning to Lahore in 1908 Iqbal
taught philosophy at Government
College for a few years. In 1911 he
resigned from Government Service
and set up legal practice. Meanwhile
he continued to write poetry in Urdu
and Persian, Asrar-i-Khudi (Persian)
was published in 1915 translated to
English as the secret of the self
(1920) by Professor Reynold
Nicholson of Cambridge. The book
introduced Iqbal to the west. Asrar-
i-Khudi was followed by several other
volumes.
Rumuz-i-Bikhudi (1918),
Payam-i-Mashriq (1913), Bang-i-
Dara (1924) etc.
O that our autumn - Stricken
garden
had
A flower - bud like this!
O that in our ashes would be
found,
O lord
A spark like this!
In our desert is hidden many a
deer still.
Many of flash of lighting.
Iqbal is capable of writing biting
satire. Two examples give one
another adversary, in which satan
argues that he deserves a better rival
than Adam and Scorpion land, which
criticizes slave mentally.
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SIR DR. MOHAMMED ALLAMA IQBALMohd. Rahimullah
A.I. Hall
As I am living in Allama Iqbal
Hall, one of the residential halls of
Aligarh Muslim University, then is
my responsibility that I should know
and think about the name of this
residential hall. So, I have decided
to write about that great personality
on whose name the name of hall is.
But my little knowledge and broken
words are not suitable to describe
that personality. No matter, I am
writing some valuable things of Sir
Dr. Mohammed Allama Iqbal's life.
You also know about Sir Iqbal
and if you don't know then you
should know at least about his work
and thoughts for the Muslim
Community. We know that Iqbal
was a great poet only which is
wrong. Allam Iqbal was an heir to
a very rich literary, mystic,
philosophical and religious tradition.
He imbibed and assimilated all that
was best in the past and present
Islamic and Oriental thought and
culture. His range of interests
covered Religion, Philosophy, Art,
Politics, Economics, the revival of
Muslim life and universal
brotherhood of man.
BIRTH AND EDUCATION :
Allama Iqbal was born in 1875
in Siyalcote (now in P
