علامہ اقبال کی ممدوح باضمیر جرمن قوم

جغرافیائی، تہذیبی، ثقافتی اور سیاسی پس منظر

Abstract

Every nation has a specific identity, temperament, values and cultural & civilizational traditions. These traditions decide about their status in the comity of nations. Allama Muhammad Iqbal has mentioned German nation and many German personalities in his poetry. Iqbal was much impressed from the interest of German writers and intellectuals in eastern and Islamic culture and civilization. Goethe was one of them. Iqbal mentions Goethe in his prose and poetry. This article has discussed about German nation in the geographical, cultural, civilizational, historical, economic and political perspectives. Iqbal was much hopeful about the role of German nation and was optimistic about the German's tendency towards Islam in future.