LIFE IS ACTION
‘LIFE IS ACTION’ is the predominant feature of the Urdu and
Persian poetry of Sir Mohammad Iqbal (1873-1978). What follows is the English interpretation
of one of his poems Khizr-e-Rah included
in his Urdu anthology Bang-e-Dara (Call
of the Bell).
Life, says Iqbal, does not think of loss or
again. It cannot be measured in terms of todays and tomorrows. It is
eternal. It is ever young and ever
moving forward. Human beings are endowed
with a vibrant Life-Force with which they create their own world. They should try to expand themselves and
avoid shrinking. When expanded , life becomes
an ocean; and when contracted it assumes
the shape of a tiny rivulet.
Though
man is a tenant in a house of clay, he has been gifted with infinite power with
which he can become a conquerer of the world. In fact, life shows its splendor by
subduing the material world.
Man
has risen as a bubble from the ocean of life, but he is no less than an ocean
himself if he truly understands his inner self and realizes its full potential. Man is not merely a physical body; his real
self is his soul which has within itself an invisible heaven. Man should arouse his dormant soul through continuous
self-realisation and for this he has to abandon passive contemplation and adopt
the attitude of ceaseless movement towards self- perfection.
13th December 2019 G.R.KANWAL
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