Others supported this thought.

Others supported this thought. Now there was a sensation in this ‘city of blind followers’. Everybody left his or her work and rushed to purchase a bugle and all the bugles were sold out within no time. Then the old trader met the foreigner to ascertain his reaction. When he learnt that all bugles were sold out he advised him to leave the city as soon as possible because the following day the situation was going to be different.

The next morning the old trader with a bent waist went around the city with his usual supporting stick instead of the bugle. People repented over their folly and understood that they had followed him quite blindly and that neither the stick was the cause of success nor the bugle. In the words of Rumi: Imitating them has ruined me. A thousand damnations on such imitation.

Just as it is essential for an individual to carve his own path and polish his personality so it is necessary for a successful society to proceed on new highways and never beat the old paths blindly. Otherwise a society cannot prosper. Some ignorant people of our society are under the impression, (due to misguiding propaganda) that the secret of success in the field of industry attained by the west is due to their distance from religion and morality.

They imagine that the reason of west’s superiority over the east is due to dancing, singing and the nudity of their women. Owing to their sense of inferiority some such people want to become like the westerners by copying their dress and adopting their attires. They fail to understand that it is the style of an industrialized society. The foundation of their progress is knowledge and research. The base of their civilization is that they are not subservient to any super power.

They are standing on their own feet as independent nations and are constantly occupied in scientific research. Here it is befitting to remember Iqbal Lahori’s lofty thoughts and show our gratitude to him by quoting some of his couplets, which are full of wisdom: The blind imitation of the west makes the east forget its position. In fact the eastern nations should have criticized the dancing of veil-less women.

The strength of the west is neither owing to the colorful faces of girls nor due to their bare legs. Nor it has sprung from their haircut. The stability of the west is also not Latin script. There is no relation between power, hat, suit and Latin script. Eastern headdress never comes in the way of science and literature.