Iqbal’s Message Central to Pakistan’s Identity, Says Ambassador to Iran

Iqbal Is Part of the Pakistani Nation’s Collective Consciousness — Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran

Shiite News: A special literary and cultural conference titled “Khursheed-e-Mashriq” (Sun of the East) was held in Tehran under the auspices of the ECO Cultural Institute, paying tribute to the personality, intellectual ideas and literary services of the Poet of the East, Allama Muhammad Iqbal. The conference was attended by the Secretary-General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), the President of the ECO Cultural Institute, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran, and diplomatic representatives of member states, intellectuals and poets.

Iqbal’s message remains central to Pakistan’s national identity, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran Imran Ahmed Siddiqui said, adding that Allama Iqbal is part of the collective consciousness of the Pakistani nation and that his poetry gave voice to a political vision that ultimately became the reality of Pakistan’s creation. Referring to the 1930 Allahabad Address, he said that the vision of an independent political future for the Muslims of South Asia was an important part of Iqbal’s historical vision.

The Pakistani ambassador said that Iqbal’s intellectual and spiritual world was far wider than Pakistan’s borders and that Iqbal’s message addresses all of humanity. According to him, Iran is perhaps the country outside Pakistan where the most natural harmony exists between Iqbal’s thought and Iranian civilization, and in Iqbal’s vision, Iran was not merely a geographical region but an intellectual and spiritual land.

Read More: Iqbal’s Message a Source of Guidance for Every Era: Jafar Tayyar Library Seminar

Speakers emphasized that Iqbal’s message is not limited to one country or region but is a source of intellectual awakening, self-knowledge and unity for Eastern nations. The event began with a short documentary on Allama Iqbal’s life, while the President of the ECO Cultural Institute shed light on Iqbal’s Urdu and Persian poetic journey. The conference underscored the enduring relevance of Iqbal’s message for the region and beyond, and participants called for greater academic and cultural exchange to promote the study of Iqbal’s works in both Pakistan and Iran.