'Iqbal considered Quran source principles'

“Allama Iqbal suggested that a separate state should be given to the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent so that they can express the given vitality of Islam to its fullest. Iqbal firmly opposed theocracy and dictatorship and considered them against the free spirit of Islam. Dr Nazeer Ahmad Express these views in a function organized in connection with Iqbal day celebrations”, he maintained.Col (r) Mushtaq Ahmad Qureshi, Director Student Affairs, said at this occasion, Allama Muhammad Iqbal is generally known as a poet and philosopher, but he was also a jurist, a politician, a social reformer, and a great Islamic scholar. People even bestowed on him the title of “Shaer-e-Mashriq” (Poet of the East).The central theme and main source of his message was the Quran. Iqbal considered the Quran not only as a book of religion but also a source of foundational principles upon which the infrastructure of an organization must be built as a coherent system of life.