Iqbal. Two or three things I know about him - ACE421.2

Flashing words in Arabic script. VO and subtitles saying "In the breath between… ‘There is no God’… and ‘but Allah’". People in a car singing along with the radio. Woman’s VO talking about Muhammad Iqbal as poet, philosopher, and visionary. Subtitles read "But who, oh God, raised the sword in your name? And created order where chaos reigned?" Sound of car crashing. Man in cloak – representing the poet Mohammad Iqbal – cries out and runs. Ornamental brickwork of wall of a building. Song over "Behold! Look at the earth, look at the sky – The aura, Behold!" Woman asking "What happens to a poet when he refuses to leave language alone and let it speak for itself? What happens to the poet when he gives up the existence of ‘the desert bloom’? When a poet refuses to break the tables of the sacred law then he shuts the words within the book." Poet reciting "Why question the learned of my provenance? …" Man painting words on wall. Truck. Inscription on wall. Image of Iqbal on back of truck. Song over. "All eyes are upon you. Each one addresses you…" Iqbal. Man’s voice reads from video screen, "The powerful man creates environments: the feeble have to adjust themselves to it." Radio VO talking about Iqbal as "the greatest defender of Islamic thought" and "never fell prey to the spell of the west". Woman at desk, knitting, asks "What would I be if Iqbal had not dreamed me into existence?" She gives biographical details of Muhammad Iqbal, and says he had two faults – he couldn’t sing and was never punctual. She relates anecdotes about him and quotes some sayings. Man’s VO reading video screen: "Power toucheth falsehood and lo! It is transformed I to truth" and quotes other philosophical sayings. Song over: "The stars quiver before the rise of Adam…". Iqbal thinking. Boy thinking. Noise of sewing machine. Song; "In truth did the Angels complain of Iqbal…" Boy watching machinist whose fingers become bloody.