What Should Then Be Done O People of the East

Book by Mohammed Iqbal

What Should Then Be Done O People of the East; Traveller (Persian: پس چہ باءد کرد اے اقوامِ مشرق مع مسافر; Pas Chih Bayad Kard ay Aqwam-i-Mashriq Ma'a Musafir) was a philosophical poetry book in Persian of Muhammad Iqbal, a poet-philosopher of the Indian subcontinent. It was published in 1936. A translation, commentary and literary appreciation in Urdu by Elahi Bakhsh Akhtar Awan was published by University Book Agency Khyber Bazar, Peshawar, Pakistan in 1960.

The book includes the mathnavi Musafir. Iqbal's Rumi, the master, utters this glad tiding "East awakes from its slumbers" (Khwab-i ghaflat). Inspiring detailed commentary on voluntary poverty and free man, followed by an exposition of the mysteries of Islamic laws and sufic perceptions is given. He laments the dissention among the South Asians as well as Muslim nations. The book is an account of a journey to Afghanistan. In the Mathnavi, the people of the Sob'ha Sarhat region (Afghans) are counseled to learn the "secret of Islam" and to "build up the self" within themselves because they are a great righteous people.^[1] The title has also been translated as What Then Is to Be Done, O Nations of the East.

Topics

Preface

Introduction
Address to the World-illuminating Sun
The Wisdom of Moses
The Wisdom of the Pharaohs
There is No Deity Except God
Faqr
The Free Man
The Essence of the Shari'ah
Lament on the Differences Among Indians
Present-day Politics
A Few Words to the Arab People
What Should Then Be Done, O People of the East?
To the Prophet
Dedication

The Traveller

Prelude
Address to People of the Frontier
The Traveller enters Kabul and visits the Mausoleum of the late Martyr King
At the Tomb of the heaven Resting Babur
Visiting Ghazni and offering Reverence to Hakim Sanai
Sanai's Spirit Speaks from Heaven
At the Tomb of Sultan Mahmud
Supplication of Frenzied One
Seeing Prophet's Garb at Qandhar.
The Chant
At the Mausoleum of Hadrat Ahmad Shah Baba, Founder of the Afghan Nation
Talk with the King of Islam Zahir Shah.^[2]

References

^ "Pas Chih Bayad Kard ay Aqwam-i-Sharq, translated by B.A. DAR". Iqbal Academy Pakistan. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2006.
^ "Works". Iqbal Academy Pakistan. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2006.

External links

Read online

"Pas Chih Bayed Kard Ay Aqwam e Sharq". Iqbal Academy Pakistan. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2006.
"Pas Chih Bayed Kard Ay Aqwam e Sharq". Iqbal Cyber Library.
"What Should be Done O People of the East, English translation of Pas Chih Bayed Kard Ay Aqwam e Sharq by Bashir Ahmad Dar". Iqbal Academy Pakistan. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2006.
"What Should be Done O People of the East, English translation of Pas Chih Bayed Kard Ay Aqwam e Sharq by Bashir Ahmad Dar". Iqbal Cyber Library.