Coetaneous Two Poets Allama Muhammad Iqbal and Mehmet Akif’s Child Education Thought

Abstract

The two great coetaneous poets and thinkers of the East, Mehmet Akif Ersoy and Allama Muhammad Iqbal have many writings in order to awaken their own people and raise their awareness in the troublesome processes of the society in which they lived. It is a common situation for both of them that their works are accepted and adopted by large masses, thus directing the societies in which they live. These two great poets and philosophers, who struggled for their nation with similar emotions and thoughts, in two different parts of the world so far away from each other, have reached large masses with their sermons and conferences as well as writing poetry. One of the subjects that both poets focus on is the children who will shape the future. While Muhammad Iqbal emphasized in many of his articles that children are the guarantee of the future of the Islamic world, Mehmet Akif stated as well that children can change future of nation if they receive a good education. Both emphasized upon the need for good education of children for the sake of the state and religion.

In this study, we will   approach Akif and Iqbal's thoughts on child education in the light of their poems.