Hamid Mir
He threatens in the tone of a Pharaoh. He says, if Iran does not make a deal with the United States, Iran will be destroyed. The Iranian leadership is not ready to take any of the threats of US President Donald Trump into account. The Iranians are not afraid of death, nor are they afraid of losing. Iran’s position is that first end the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, then we will talk to you, and if the blockade is not ended, then we are ready for war. Pakistan tried very hard to get one of Iran and the United States to be flexible in their position and both sides to sit face to face in the second round of negotiations, but Iran refused to sit with the Americans without ending the naval blockade and the arrival of the American delegation to Pakistan was delayed.
The Americans are surprised why Iran is ready to get involved with a superpower? Last night, an American journalist asked the Iranian journalist what is your problem? The Iranian journalist smiled and replied that our problem is Iqbal, this answer went over the head of the American journalist. He asked who is this Iqbal? The Iranian journalist said that Iqbal is the national poet of Pakistan. The American journalist asked in surprise, has Iqbal forbidden you from talking to the American delegation? When you held talks with the US in Islamabad two weeks ago, where was Iqbal? Instead of answering, the Iranian journalist ignored the American journalist and got busy listening to a phone call. The American journalist started asking about the national poet named Iqbal. He was told that this poet is known as Allama Iqbal in Pakistan and Iqbal Lahori in Iran. After some time, this American journalist who was following Iqbal reached me. I told him to go to Google and type Dr. Muhammad Iqbal; you will find all the details.
He opened his laptop and showed that he had done a lot of searches about Iqbal through Google, but he did not understand that Iqbal died in 1938, but Iranians are ready to die fighting with America because of Iqbal in 2026? Hearing this, I told the American journalist that the American delegation is not coming to Pakistan now, when it comes, I will explain to you the relationship between Iqbal and Iran. He replied that he is not interested in the coming and going of the American delegation now, he will write a story on the relationship between Iran and Iqbal. He insisted that you explain to me the relationship between Iqbal and Iran. For a moment, I thought that there was no point in wasting time with this American. Then it occurred to me that I am Pakistani and my state has become a mediator between America and Iran. To maintain the illusion of this mediation, I should tell this American journalist some secrets because now he has nothing to write. I looked at the clock and humbly told the American journalist that I have only five minutes. Understand as much as you can about the relationship between Iqbal and Iran in five minutes.
He immediately took out his notebook and said, “Yes, tell me.” I told him that a few days ago, a huge gathering was held in Lahore on the anniversary of Allama Iqbal.
The chief guest of this gathering was Mehran Mowahid Far, the Consul General of Iran in Lahore. When he was called to address, hundreds of participants in the Alhamra Hall stood up to welcome him and applauded for several minutes. On this occasion, Mehran Mowahid Far said that we defeated America with the courage and encouragement that Iqbal gave to the Iranians. The American journalist asked who had invited the Iranian diplomat to this gathering? I told him that Zulfiqar Cheema Sahib had invited him. He asked who was he? I told him that he was a retired IG, columnist and writer and a big fan of Iqbal. He was writing rapidly on a notebook and asking who else was in this gathering? I told him that there were hundreds of people but the Principal of Kinnaird College, Dr Iram Anjum, Dr Uzma Zarin, Brigadier Wahid-uz-Zaman and Tanveer Abbas Tabish delivered speeches there and the Vice Chancellor of Government College University, Dr Muhammad Omar Chaudhry, presided over the meeting because Allama Iqbal was also associated with this educational institution. The American journalist asked, “Why did they invite an Iranian diplomat there? Controlling my anger, I said, “Dear friend! You don’t know Allama Iqbal, JD Vance and Trump don’t either, but Iran’s martyred Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wrote a book on Allama Iqbal many years ago. Iqbal’s poetry also played an important role in the Iranian revolution. Tell me, if we invite an American diplomat to the Iqbal Day ceremony, what kind of speech will that poor guy give?” The American journalist was speechless. I looked at the clock and told him, “Five minutes have passed.” He asked, walking away, who else should I ask about Iqbal? I named him Mushahid Hussain. He knew Mushahid Hussain. He asked, “What is his connection with Iqbal?” I told him that Mushahid Hussain also gave a rousing speech at a ceremony in Islamabad on Iqbal Day last week and said that Iran’s victory is the victory of Iqbal’s thoughts. The event was also organised by a former bureaucrat Tariq Pirzada, and Tajik Ambassador Sharifzadu Yudov and Afrasiab Khattak delivered speeches. The American journalist scratched his head and said that if Iqbal is a common hero of Iranians and Pakistanis, then how can Pakistan play the role of an impartial mediator? To save my life, I told him in English that Iqbal is a hero of ordinary Pakistanis, not the hero of the elite who are very afraid of dying. Now who can explain to Trump that Iqbal had said in Persian,
ماسوی الله را مسلماں بندہ نیست
پیش فرعونے سرش افگندہ نیست
(Translation) A Muslim is not a servant of anyone but Allah, he does not bow his head before any Pharaoh) Iqbal also said this in Baal-e-Jabril.
شہادت ہے مطلوب و مقصودِ مومن
نہ مالِ غنیمت نہ کشور کشائی
Martyrdom is the desire and goal of a believer
Neither wealth nor the conquest of youth
Trump will have to give up the tone of Pharaoh and stop threatening. Be it Iranian or Pakistani. Obeying those who speak in the tone of Pharaoh is very difficult for true Muslims. Now, even Pope Leo, the spiritual leader of Catholic Christians, has started supporting the Iranians’ position. He may also be influenced by Iqbal. But the real problem with the Iranians is that they are influenced by Iqbal’s thought, and Iqbal’s thought is a rebellion against Pharaoh and Yazid. Trump cannot understand that
“The killing of Hussein is actually the death of Yazid.” Yazid always loses even if he wins.
’’ قتل حسین اصل میں مرگ یزید ہے ‘‘
یزید جیت کر بھی ہمیشہ ہار جاتا ہے
