Speaker at a seminar on Sunday urged Muslim scholars for following the teachings of Allama Muhammad Iqbal to revive the declining civilisation at international level.
They were addressing a one-day seminar on ‘Ahyaey-e-Fikar Deeni Mein Iqbal and Murtaza Mutahri ka Kirdar’ (the role of Iqbal and Murtaza in reviving the religious thinking) arranged by Al-Basira in connection with the birth anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal in the federal capital.
Iqbal’ teachings helped to broad the vision of youth and subject of philosophy must be introduced in educational institutes, they said.
Presiding over the seminar, Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Chairman Maulana Muhammad Khan Sheerani said unnecessary price hike, hoarding of grain and creating hurdles for consumers to fulfill their needs was against Islamic teachings.
Highlighting Islamic principles, he said, “Sadqa, Qarz-e-Husna and Waqf help to fulfill the basic needs of mankind while Allah Almighty has taken the responsibility of every living thing to fulfill basic needs; therefore, one must not create hurdles in it.”
“Allama Iqbal and Mutahri do not separate Islamic teachings in their economic thoughts so we must follow their teachings,” he said.
In his article on ‘Future economy in the thoughts of Iqbal and
Mutahri’, Nisar Hussain Hamdani said Iqbal and Mutahri had similar thoughts about Islamic economy.
According to Iqbal, one should be a good Muslim first and then a noble citizen,” Hamdani said, adding that Iqbal never separated Islamic teachings from economy and urged the scholars to teach ethics along with economics in the universities.
However, Mutahri called for giving the duty of economic affairs in the custody of responsible people, Hamdani added. He said the economists were far away from religion and future economy was based on statistics which had minimised philosophical thoughts.
Prof Shehzad Iqbal Shaam of Sharia Faculty, International Islamic University (IIU), read an article on ‘Iqbal as first builder of Pakistan Atomic Energy’.
Director Iqbal Academy Lahore Dr Muhammad Sohail Umar said Iqbal was known for giving an idea of separate homeland to the Muslims of sub-continent while as a poet and philosopher, he also analysed the future problems with his thoughtful approach.
Iqbal’s book on Economics in Urdu ‘Ilm-ul-Iqtisad’ which served as a beacon light for the next generation of writers on Economics and include thought-provoking suggestions and marginal notes at various places which bespeak of his ingenuity and inquisitive mind, he said.
Rector IIU Professor Fateh Malik, Member governing body Iqbal
Academy Lahore Dr Ehsan Akbar, Head Seerat Chair Islamia University Bahawalpur Prof Dr Abdul Rauf Zafar also spoke on the occasion.
Al-Basira Chairman Saqib Akbar thanked the speakers for highlighting teachings of Iqbal.
