In an exceedingly important section captioned Al-Waqtu...

In an exceedingly important section captioned Al-Waqtu Saif-un (Time is Sword) of his celebrated Asr«r-i-Khudâ , Allama Iqbal has referred to the above hadit`h thus: Life is of Time and Time is of Life; Do not abuse Time!’ was the command of the Prophet. (trans.

Nicholson) [^25]: Reference is to the Quranic verse 70:19 which says: ‘Man has been created restless ( halë’an ).’ [^26]: This is very close to the language of the Qur’an which speaks of the hardening of the hearts, so that they were like rocks: see 2:74; 5:13; 6:43; 39:22; and 57:16. This shows that Allama Iqbal, through his keenly perceptive study of the Qur’an, had psychically assimilated…