Dr. Iqbal was a unique personality. The world, particularly the Muslims

around the globe, benefitted a lot from his philosophical thought, knowledge and

intellect as well as the novelty of his message. The universal tone and tenor of Iqbal's

poetry and its revolutionary character captivated a large number of people. . Whení

Iqbal studied all the nations of the world, he found the Islamic civilization to be better

than the rest. More than the merits of the western civilization, its demerits are reflected

in his writings. These include artificiality and disingenuousness, reliance on intellect

and reason, national, racial, religious, and more than any other, ethnic bias, distance

from religion, freedom of thinking, atheism, nationalism, communism, secularism and

dictatorship. After close analysis of various civilizations, he studied in detail their

positive and negative aspects, and later presented this message in his writings. This

was aimed at welfare of the Indian Muslims. That is why he opposed blind following

of the other civilizations. He found Islam to be superior to all the religions and

civilizations. The purpose of his poetry was to lay foundation of an independent

Muslim society, with Ka'aba as its center. Such a society should have a strong faith in

Allah and His prophet. Iqbal's philosophy and message teaches us the same.