An Analysis of Educational Thoughts of Allama Muhammad Iqbal

 Allama Muhammad Iqbal was a revolutionary philosopher who inspired and awakened the whole Muslim Ummah generally and the Muslims of Subcontinent particularly by his poetry. Iqbal Philosophy based on reality, truthfulness, and authenticity because it is rooted in the teaching of the Holy Quran and teachings of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W. W). Allama Iqbal was a man of knowledge and action. He was well aware of the Islamic teachings as well as the Westerns and Greek Philosophies. He was in the opinion of bringing changes and revolution through spreading knowledge, promoting education and developing self-consciousness. In the view of Allama the basic reasons behind Muslims falling and declining were ignorance, lack of intellectuals, disunity and misunderstanding of each other, narrow minded, blind following, and unawareness of the blessing of freedom, lack of self-consciousness and absence of competent leadership. He believed all of these miseries will not be changed until the Muslims will not change themselves. In the view of Allama, education is itself life. Life without education is like a death body that should be buried. In Allama’s views the development of self-consciousness, promotion of Islamic brotherhood, development of the whole personality, preservation and transmission of rich Islamic cultures, and production of such kind leadership who lead the world are the basic aims of education. Aimless life, philosophy, and education are the only destruction for human being. Allama had a view that teachers are the back bone of the nation, therefore; there should be organized, well pattern and systematic procedure for teachers recruiting, selection and induction. According to Allama teaching profession is not like other profession, it the noblest profession and the teachers are the most exalted persons. They should focus their attentions on their profession and should be futuristic.&nbsp