The above-provided line is from the ever-worthy words of Allama Muhammad Iqbal. Today while searching about something in Google I came across this line and it stopped me there to think about it for a while. My thoughts were dispersed and unable to analyze the personality of Muhammad Iqbal. His every word is full of meaning and philosophy but this single line goes beyond. In this line, he has summarized the core philosophy of life. In the first part, he said “preserve your history and become everlasting”. This means history is something that keeps you alive. Your history tells more about you than your present. Because history has the story of both your success and failure and folds of many untold stories.
Moreover, history helps to put you on the track of success and progression. It gives you the chance to learn from your mistakes and to acknowledge and celebrate the milestones. In nutshell, history gives you life. Now for a while come out of your individuality and open the history of your country. That has got the undeterred and astonishing history. It is full of struggles, devotion, sacrifices, and a range of successful stories. The independence of this land holds backstories of our peers who are the real heroes and doubtless and perfectionists in their domains. It has the unfolded story of Syed Ahmed Khan who was not less than a worldly prophet. You can learn more about the lifetime struggle of Allama Muhammad Iqbal the poet of the east. And Sir Aga Khan III tells more about revolting the phases of challenges. Whereas the father of the nation is one in a million who turned down every turn and made the new turn of success in form of Pakistan.
However, our history is not just about these four but hundreds more are there whose contribution made it possible. The Pakistan struggled for is in the thick pages of history which are closed and kept in boxes. The word preserve in the title line never means to keep the history inside boxes or some enclosed case. But it means to revive it and to learn from it. It is about learning from the legends of your history and playing your part as an individual in the progression of your country. It is the time to revive the stories of your national heroes and to stand out as the one to make a difference.
Whereas in the second part Muhammad Iqbal said; “Receive New life from the Times that has gone by”. It means to learn from your past. Experiences help you out to make new ways and to walk on the paths of success. And our history is full of stories and experiences. So why not look back and revive our past. The past which has earned this land for us. The past that has made us independent, that has astonished the world and blessed us with breathe of freedom and much more.
Take out the counted minutes from your life and think about your history what is there. Need some more minutes to read pages from your history books and listen to the words of historians and philosophers. Appraise yourself and check out your level of understanding about your own past. Because it is going to help you to make your present and plan a future for yourself.
