IKBALOVA KRITIKA ZAPADNE CIVILIZACIJE
IQBAL’S CRITIQUE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION

Summary/Abstract: This article was written by Dr. Khalifa Abdul Hakim, a renowned Pakistani scholar of Ikbalology. The article was translated from the Urdu book “Fikr-e-Iqbal” (“Iqbal’s thoughts”). The author argues that Iqbal’s criticism of Western culture is not based on prejudice. He criticizes the oriental cultures of the early 20th century in a very similar way. The author applies Iqbal’s researches, according to the principles of anthropology, to the decline of Islamic civilization and the disaster that will befall the West in the future. The author suggests that Iqbal’s vision of the collapse of the West is a warning to reborn Muslim nations. He encourages Muslims to broaden their horizons and embrace the positive things that the West dictates; they are, above all, the spirit of research, hard work, academic discipline, etc. But, he does not want Muslims to adopt negative things like spiritual wasteland, unfair banking system and unlimited freedom. The text that follows is, essentially, Iqbal’s vision of a new civilization that could save the world from disaster.

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