What should then be done O people of the East
- What should then be done O people of the East
"Pas Chih Bayad Kard ay Aqwam-i-Sharq" (or "What should then be done O people of the East") was a philosophical poetry book of Allama Iqbal in Persian, the great poet-philosopher of the Indian subcontinent. It was published in 1936.
Introduction
"Pas Chih Bayad Kard ay Aqwam-i-Sharq" includes the mathnavi Musafir. Iqbal's Rumi, the master, utters this glad tiding "East awakes from its slumbers" "Khwab-i ghaflat". Inspiring detailed commentary on voluntary poverty and free man, followed by an exposition of the mysteries of Islamic laws and sufic perceptions is given. He laments the dissention among the Indian as well as Muslim nations. Mathnavi Musafir, is an account of a journey to Afghanistan. In the mathnavi the people of the Frontier (Pathans) are counseled to learn the "secret of Islam" and to "build up the self" within themselves. rf|1|intro
Topics
;Preface
*Introduction
*Address to the World-illuminating Sun
*The Wisdom of
Moses*The Wisdom of the
Pharaohs*There is No Deity Except
God*Faqr
*The Free Man
*The Essence of the
Shari'ah*Lament on the Differences Among
Indians*Present-day
Politics*A Few Words to the
Arab People
*What Should Then Be Done, O People of the East?
*To the
Prophet*Dedication
;The Traveller
*Prelude
*Address to People of the Frontier
*The Traveller enters
Kabul and visits the Mausoleum of the late Martyr King
*At the Tomb of the heaven Resting
Babur*Visiting
Ghazni and offering Reverence to
Hakim Sanai*Sanai’s Spirit Speaks from Heaven
*At the Tomb of Sultan
Mahmud*Supplication of Frenzied One
*Seeing Prophet’s Garb at
Qandhar.
*The Chant
*At the Mausoleum of Hadrat Ahmad Shah Baba, Founder of the
Afghan Nation
*Talk with the King of
Islam Zahir Shah.
rf|2|topics Notes
External links
* [http://www.allamaiqbal.com/works/poetry/persian/pas/text/index.htm Read Online at Iqbal Academy site]
* [http://www.iqbalcyberlibrary.net/urdu_poetry_shairy_urdu_prose_books_list/list002.htm Read Online at Iqbal cyber library]
* [http://www.allamaiqbal.com/works/poetry/persian/pas/translation/index.html Read English translation by B. A. DAR at Iqbal Academy site]
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