Under the auspices of Chugatai Public Library, a special lecture was organized on the topic of "Allama Iqbal and Syed Jamaluddin Afghani" on June 5, 2024 under the Fikar-e-Iqbal series. Director of Iqbal Academy Pakistan Dr. Abdul Rauf Rafiqui was the guest speaker. Dr. Abdul Rauf Rafiqui said that Iqbal took a spiritual tour of the universe under the guidance of Peer-e-Rumi in the Masnavi of Javed Nama. During this tour, he met with Syed Jamaluddin Afghani. Here is a discussion between these two personalities about the current situation and the state of the Nation of Islam.
Jamaluddin Afghani inquires about the current situation of Muslims, Iqbal expresses his hopelessness and uncertainty about the weak faith of the Islamic nation, the strength of religion, and mentions the western beliefs of patriotism, monarchy and communalism, from which the nation Islamia was facing at that time.
The whole life of Syed Jamaluddin Afghani was spent as a proponent of modern political thought and action against Western colonialism in the Islamic world. He wanted to get rid of foreign domination by uniting and organizing Islamic governments under the banner of a caliphate.