TO
THE
READER
OF
THE
BOOK
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I raise a new
army from the Kingdom of Love;
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for there is
danger of revolt by the Intellect against the Sanctuary.1
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The world does
not know the real nature of Madeness2 :
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it is a
garment that fits the Intellect perfectly.
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Donning this
garment, I attained to a station
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where it would
be honour for the Intellect
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to walk around
my house (like a pilgrim).
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Don't think
that the Intellect is exempt from the final reckoning:
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one look from
the believer judges it as if on Judgment Day.3
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1.
Sanctuary, Haram, the sacred precincts at Mecca. For Iqbal, this word
also stands for Muslims or Muslim society.
2.
Madness (Junun), in Iqbal, stands for Intuition and Love in contrast to
Intellect and Reason. See my articles Intellect and Intuition . . ." in Iqbal,
IV/3 (January 1956), 60-105 and " 'Iim wa 'Ishq" in Adabi Dunya,
"Iqbal Number" (1972), p. 24.
3. See
the Qur'an, xxi. 47 and xvii. 13.
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