Chairman of Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Senator Salim Saifullah Khan has said that the dream of Allama Iqbal was a great blessing for the Muslims of the sub-continent. In his message on the birth anniversary of National Poet, he said that Allama Iqbal's poetic message roused and strengthened the spirit and will of the Muslims to get an independent and separate homeland for them where they could live according to their religious, culture and traditions.
He said that Allama Iqbal visualised the suffering of Ummah and masses that led to their meltdown and also proposed recipe for their revival and regaining the lost glory of the Muslims. Allama Iqbal was a visionary, who conceived the idea of separate homeland for the Muslims of the sub-continent that was ultimately materialised in the shape of Pakistan. He said that prior the passage of Pakistan resolution Allama Iqbal's philosophical and poetic writings were instrumental in formation and moulding of public opinion.
He based his thoughts on the Holy Quran and prompted humanity in his interpretations. He awakened the Muslims from disillusionment and reminded them about the future. He said that the Muslim Ummah in general and Pakistan in particular today was confronting tremendous problems and challenges that could be overcome through the proposed remedies by Hakeem-ul-Ummah, Allama Muhammad Iqbal.
He said that his vision of Islam was global, encompassing every colour and race of humanity. He said that extremism and bigotry had no place in the Allama Iqbal scheme of things and he wanted Muslims to be moderate, peaceful and enlightened so that their deeds convince non-Muslims to develop penchant for Islam. The birth anniversary of the great poet of the Islamic world is an apt opportunity for the Muslims world to realise the great poet's ideals and thoughts, which are the glory and grandeur of the Islamic world.