Taking Issue and Allah's Answer

Taking Issue and Allah's Answer
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 169
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ISBN-10 : 9788184756432
ISBN-13 : 8184756437
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Book Synopsis Taking Issue and Allah's Answer by : Mustansir Dalvi

Download or read book Taking Issue and Allah's Answer written by Mustansir Dalvi and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Muhammad Iqbal first recited Shikwa (Taking Issue) in 1909, his audience was enraged by his effrontery. Iqbal, in his lament, took issue with Allah directly, audaciously implicating Him for the sorry state of Muslims worldwide and ruing the lost glory of Islam. In recompense, Iqbal composed Jawaab-e-Shikwa (Allah’s Answer) in 1913. Here, Allah responds to the poet, first berating his community, then offering hope for Islam in the world. Iqbal’s mellifluous words greatly assuaged those angered earlier. Over time, the poems have found their place in the canon of South Asian literature, and, through recitation, repetition and selective use, have forwarded a variety of agendas in the subcontinent. In this elegant translation by Mustansir Dalvi, these classics by the most influential poet of his generation come alive once again in a language that is contemporary and immediate.


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