Only if we could follow Iqbal

Iqbal was a poet-philosopher of a rare calibre and his thoughts and ideas promoted universal humanism and could guide the destiny of Pakistan. He was convinced that nothing short of homeland for the Muslims would resolve the malady that afflicted the subcontinent, as perceived by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. How to implement the 'need' into reality was the question before Iqbal.
He got the idea, Muhammad Ali Jinnah whom the nation later bestowed the title of Quaid-i-Azam, was the answer. He went to London to persuade him to return and assume the leadership of the Muslims, which he did. It was a great historical move, which a great mind rightly sized up another great mind, who could transform 'ideas' into reality. It is the symbiosis between the two which is Pakistan though half gone and the other half undergoing a great existential crisis, for not adhering to the road-map the two great leaders had laid down for us.
This article is dedicated to highlight Iqbal's aversion to a life of passive existence. He differed from Leibniz, who had advanced the notion of 'monadism'. Monad, according to him is the human mind which is incapable of absorbing external realities. In other words, mind to him was a closed entity.
Iqbal, on the other hand believed that the mind had the inherent power of assimilating realities of life and of expanding and growing. Man, according to Iqbal, was capable of crating new possibilities and changes.
A proactive existence according to him is the inherent strength of man. He does not see a man into a slavish mould. Strengthening of the individual comes from developing ones character and competence from the inner reservoirs which endow him with the capability to carve out a unique identity for himself. To be apish to the West, is to devalue your total being and amounts to just floating on the stream of time like a tumble-weed. His entire approach to life is one of constant struggle with the 'self' - to be what one can be. There are limitless potentials that the creator has gifted to the individual, which he is not even aware of. In a Persian couplet, he says:
Aye Amine as amanat bekhabar / Gham makhur under zameerey khud niger
(You the trustee is oblivious of the great treasure that has been bestowed upon you, Don't despair, look inward, to see what lies within you.)