(An excerpt from Iqbal,s Reconstruction of thoughts in Islam ) The formulation of the theory of evolution in the world of Islam brought into being RÅ«mī’s tremendous enthusiasm for the biological future of man. No cultured Muslim can read such passages as the following without a thrill of joy: Low in the earth I lived in realms of ore and stone; And then I smiled in many-tinted flowers; Then roving with the wild and wandering hours, O’er earth and air and ocean’s zone, In a new birth, I dived and flew, And crept and ran, And all the secret of my essence drew Within a form that brought them all to view– And lo, a Man! And then my goal, Beyond the clouds, beyond the sky, In realms where none may change or die– In angel form; and then away Beyond the bounds of night and day, And Life and Death, unseen or seen, Where all that is hath ever been, As One and Whole. (RÅ«mÄ«: ThÄdÄnī’s Translation.)
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:01:05 +0000
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