
Allama Iqbal’s Jawab e Shikwa
Iqbal concluded the first of his two masterpiece poems “Shikwa” on a wishful note, hoping his call to Muslims would prove fruitful. All the controversies and skepticism raised by Shikwa were clearly answered in its sequel, “Jawab-e-Shikwa” (Reply to the Complaint). Iqbal portrayed depressed and discontented Muslims in the first poem. In Jawab-e-Shikwa, Iqbal represents Allah Almighty and addresses each and every complaint raised in Shikwa. God answers directly – that the Muslims have deviated from the righteous path, and therefore have been deprived of all the riches of this world, and subjected to oppression. Iqbal starts Jawab-e-Shikwa by...
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