
HoP 193 - All for One and One for All - Muḥammad 'Abdūh and Muḥammad Iqbāl
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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Iqbal's Political Thought and Sufi Intuition
The ultimate aim for Islam is to achieve global solidarity in a kind of Muslim League of Nations. Iqbal was painfully aware that unity was hard to come by among the Muslims of India, never mind across the globe. The unified parts of the global Muslim whole could be nations, and within those nations also individuals. With his all-for-one and one-for-all theories of knowledge and politics, Iqbal set out a nuanced, moderate position.
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