تفاعلاتِ بے خودی: علامہ اقبال کا نظریاتی فرد اور اجتماعی عروج کا تصور

Dynamics of Bekhudi: Allama Iqbal's Concept of Individual Ideology and Collective Advancement

Abstract

This article analyzes Allama Iqbal’s philosophy of Bekhudi (selflessness) as the ultimate mechanism for individual and communal development. While Khudi discovers the inner self, it can only attain perfection by surrendering personal desires to the collective Muslim community (Millat) through Bekhudi. Based on Iqbal's Rumoz-e-Bekhudi, the author emphasizes that the individual and the community serve as mutual mirrors, where individual identity expands into a vast ocean of social existence. The research highlights how Bekhudi is structured through strict obedience to Islamic laws, self-control (Zabt-e-Nafs), and spiritual pillars like Namaz and Zakat. Historical examples including the battlefield harmony under Abu Ubaidah, Sultan Murad’s submission to legal equality, and Imam Hussain’s ultimate sacrifice at Karbala are examined to prove that true freedom and communal honor are born when the self dissolves into the divine purpose of the nation.

References in Roman Script:

1. Iqbal, Kulliyat-e-Iqbal: Farsi, Lahore: Sheikh Ghulam Ali and Sons, February 1973, p. 41.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid, p. 42.
4. Ibid, p. 43.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid, p. 4–45.
10. Ibid., p. 88.
11. Javed Iqbal, Justice Dr. (Compiler), Shazarat-e-Fikr-e-Iqbal, translated by Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad Siddiqui, Lahore: Majlis-e-Taraqqi-e-Adab, 1983, p. 81–82.
12. Ibid.
13. Iqbal, Kulliyat-e-Iqbal: Farsi, p. 86.
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16. Ibid., p. 107–108.
17. Ibid., p. 110–111.