Shaykh Buti on Muhammad Iqbal's poetry

[aaq]

Assalaamu Alaykum,

www.as.ysu.edu/~islamst/IN3-2.pdf

Allah Hafiz

[PBUH]

Apr 17, 2008 23:12:00 GMT aaq said:

Assalaamu Alaykum,

www.as.ysu.edu/~islamst/IN3-2.pdf

Allah Hafiz

Jazakallah for sharing, i read half of the page upto the Iqbal Namah, it was a bit long for this time of night. Its the first time i have read about Shaykh al Buti didnt know too much about his background apart from bits ive read online.

I was wondering if their paths crossed but the shaykh would have been under 10 before Allama Iqbal Rahmatullahi ’alayh passed away, plus the geography of the location.

What does everyone make about the quote about them sharing the shame belief about Mullaism and sufism , thats seemed a bit misleading when they both believe in sufism.

Impatient and not yet settled, he shared Iqbal’s criticism of “Mullaism” and “Sufism” as he waged his own moral war against the conservatism of the ulama.

[aaq]

Assalaamu Alaykum,

Trust me its worth reading. Its worth sacrificing some of your sleep over. Trust me, i just have. As you havent read all of it i think you have missed the point. I think the Shaykh means it in a metaphorical sense, as in that he is going through the same pains as Muhammad Iqbal(rehmatullahalai) is going through.

[muzaffar]

Apr 17, 2008 23:55:24 GMT PBUH said:

Apr 17, 2008 23:12:00 GMT aaq said:

Assalaamu Alaykum,

www.as.ysu.edu/~islamst/IN3-2.pdf

Allah Hafiz

Jazakallah for sharing, i read half of the page upto the Iqbal Namah, it was a bit long for this time of night. Its the first time i have read about Shaykh al Buti didnt know too much about his background apart from bits ive read online.

I was wondering if their paths crossed but the shaykh would have been under 10 before Allama Iqbal Rahmatullahi ’alayh passed away, plus the geography of the location.

What does everyone make about the quote about them sharing the shame belief about Mullaism and sufism , thats seemed a bit misleading when they both believe in sufism.

Impatient and not yet settled, he shared Iqbal’s criticism of “Mullaism” and “Sufism” as he waged his own moral war against the conservatism of the ulama.

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

They key word is conservatism from that quote you have. In any case to be critical of a specific aspect doesnt necessaraily mean youre against it completely. That conservatism reference is for the salafi mullahs who opposed sufism point blank.

I have read the piece and i thoroughly enjoyed it, not knowing what to expect .. and to be honest i havent read a great deal of Allama Iqbals work, but after reading shaykh Butis text i was lost in a different world, subhanallah ......

Last night, I stayed up with Dr. Muh. ammad Iqbāl . . . and accompanied him on a long
journey around the world. I stood listening to his grief in the Cordova Mosque. . . . I
humbled myself along with him as he let out his grief and sorrow atop the hills of
Palestine. . . . I watched him as he traversed the banks of the Thames, unburnt by the West
even though he lived in the midst of its blaze. . . . I listened to him as he stood atop the
mountains of the Punjab, his heart rent as he gave sincere counsel to the Arab nation. . . . I
followed him as he escaped to spring’s luxuriant trees, drinking intoxicants from the palms
of their hands and watering them with cups of his philosophy and feelings drawn from his
heart. . . . Then I accompanied him as he moved in the direction of the H. ijāz, his longing
scattering the sand of the path about and he himself imploring the caravan guide to slow
down in his march and have pity on his fast-beating heart—all this as there welled up,
inside him, profound feelings of love, the lyre of his poetry causing the countenance of the
desert to rock and sway.
When I left his company, his poetry had affected me so deeply as no other poetry had
ever had. I found the live coal of his love in my heart as I felt the pain of his grief in my
throat. I came to believe that this was the poet in whose poetry one would find the
pleasant odor of his burning heart. I came to believe that this was the poet whose poetry
deserved to be celebrated and venerated since his poetry was a message (risālah), his love
was faith (īmān), and his feelings were a spiritual awakening (intifād.ah rūh.
iyyah)—these three
traits making him out to be the renewer (mujaddid) of the world in which he lived. Listen to
him as he composes the following verses while inside the Cordova Mosque, his heart afire
with rapture:

[simnani]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

An excellent article, Jazakallah for the link.

Without doubt Allama Muhammad Iqbal Rahmatullahi ’alayh is the Rumi of Pakistan, if not the whole of the East.

[PBUH]

Apr 18, 2008 1:03:46 GMT aaq said:

Assalaamu Alaykum,

Trust me its worth reading. Its worth sacrificing some of your sleep over. Trust me, i just have. As you havent read all of it i think you have missed the point. I think the Shaykh means it in a metaphorical sense, as in that he is going through the same pains as Muhammad Iqbal(rehmatullahalai) is going through.

yes, thanks ive read it all now and yes it was worth it mashallah.