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{{Short description|Book by Mohammed Iqbal}}
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'''''What Should Then Be Done O People of the East; Traveller''''' ({{langx|fa| پس چہ باءد کرد اے اقوامِ مشرق مع مسافر}}; {{italic correction|''Pas Chih Bayad Kard ay Aqwam-i-Mashriq Ma'a Musafir''}}) was a philosophical poetry book in Persian of [[Muhammad Iqbal]], a poet-philosopher of the [[Indian subcontinent]]. It was published in [[1936 in poetry|1936]]. A translation, commentary and literary appreciation in Urdu by Elahi Bakhsh Akhtar Awan was published by University Book Agency Khyber Bazar, Peshawar, Pakistan in 1960.
The book includes the mathnavi Musafir. Iqbal's [[Rumi]], the master, utters this glad tiding "East awakes from its slumbers" (''Khwab-i ghaflat''). Inspiring detailed commentary on voluntary poverty and free man, followed by an exposition of the mysteries of Islamic laws and sufic perceptions is given. He laments the dissention among the [[South Asia|South Asians]] as well as [[Muslim]] nations. The book is an account of a journey to [[Afghanistan]]. In the Mathnavi, the people of the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Sob'ha Sarhat region]] ([[Pashtuns|Afghans]]) are counseled to learn the "secret of Islam" and to "build up the [[Self (spirituality)|self]]" within themselves because they are a great righteous people.<ref name="intro"/> The title has also been translated as ''What Then Is to Be Done, O Nations of the East''.
== Topics ==
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; Preface
* Introduction
* Address to the World-illuminating Sun
* The Wisdom of [[Moses]]
* The Wisdom of the [[Pharaohs]]
* There is No Deity Except [[God]]
* [[Iqbal terms#Faqr|Faqr]]
* The Free Man
* The Essence of the [[Shari'ah]]
* Lament on the Differences Among [[South Asia|Indians]]
* Present-day [[Politics]]
* A Few Words to the [[Arab]] People
* What Should Then Be Done, O People of the East?
* To the [[Muhammad|Prophet]]
* Dedication
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; The Traveller
* Prelude
* Address to People of the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Frontier]]
* The Traveller enters [[Kabul]] and visits the Mausoleum of the late Martyr King
* At the Tomb of the heaven Resting [[Babur]]
* Visiting [[Ghazni]] and offering Reverence to [[Sanai|Hakim Sanai]]
* Sanai's Spirit Speaks from Heaven
* At the Tomb of Sultan [[Mahmud of Ghazni|Mahmud]]
* Supplication of Frenzied One
* Seeing Prophet's Garb at [[Kandahar|Qandhar]].
* The Chant
* At the Mausoleum of Hadrat [[Ahmad Shah Abdali|Ahmad Shah Baba]], Founder of the [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] Nation
* Talk with the King of [[Islam]] [[Zahir Shah]].{{r|topics}}
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== See also ==
* [[Index of Muhammad Iqbal–related articles]]
* [[1936 in poetry]]
* ''[[Javid Nama]]''
* ''[[Payam-i-Mashriq]]''
* ''[[Zabur-i-Ajam]]''
* ''[[Bang-e-Dara]]''
* ''[[Bal-e-Jibril]]''
* ''[[Asrar-i-Khudi]]''
* ''[[Rumuz-e-Bekhudi]]''
* ''[[Zarb-i-Kalim]]''
* ''[[Armaghan-i-Hijaz]]''
== References ==
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<ref name=topics>{{cite web|title=Works|work=Iqbal Academy Pakistan|url=http://www.allamaiqbal.com/person/biography/ffnav02_biotext.html|access-date=22 March 2006|archive-date=17 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817202321/http://www.allamaiqbal.com/person/biography/ffnav02_biotext.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name=intro>{{cite web|title=Pas Chih Bayad Kard ay Aqwam-i-Sharq, translated by B.A. DAR|work=Iqbal Academy Pakistan|url=http://www.allamaiqbal.com/works/poetry/persian/pas/translation/index.html|access-date=12 March 2006|archive-date=4 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204080627/http://www.allamaiqbal.com/works/poetry/persian/pas/translation/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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== External links ==
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*{{cite web |title=''Pas Chih Bayed Kard Ay Aqwam e Sharq'' |work=Iqbal Academy Pakistan |url=http://www.allamaiqbal.com/works/poetry/persian/pas/text/index.htm |access-date=12 March 2006 |archive-date=3 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503055545/http://www.allamaiqbal.com/works/poetry/persian/pas/text/index.htm |url-status=dead }}
*{{cite web |title=''Pas Chih Bayed Kard Ay Aqwam e Sharq'' |work=Iqbal Cyber Library |url=http://www.iqbalcyberlibrary.net//en/1923.html}}
*{{cite web |title=''What Should be Done O People of the East'', English translation of ''Pas Chih Bayed Kard Ay Aqwam e Sharq'' by Bashir Ahmad Dar |work=Iqbal Academy Pakistan |url=http://www.allamaiqbal.com/works/poetry/persian/pas/translation/index.html |access-date=12 March 2006 |archive-date=4 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204080627/http://www.allamaiqbal.com/works/poetry/persian/pas/translation/index.html |url-status=dead }}
*{{cite web |title=''What Should be Done O People of the East'', English translation of ''Pas Chih Bayed Kard Ay Aqwam e Sharq'' by Bashir Ahmad Dar |work=Iqbal Cyber Library |url=http://iqbalcyberlibrary.net/en/725.html}}
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*{{cite web |title=Homepage |work=Iqbal Academy Pakistan |url=http://www.allamaiqbal.com/ |access-date=12 March 2006 |archive-date=21 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221223540/http://www.allamaiqbal.com/ |url-status=dead }}
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*{{cite web |title=Iqbal Cyber Library |url=http://iqbalcyberlibrary.net}}
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