Theology of the Environment (A report from the utopia of the Allama Iqbal Lahori)

The image of utopia has a very old history among the Islamic theologians. Abu Nasr Farabi who has been called as the Second Teacher, describes an utopia known as the "Ideal City". The westerners have also mentioned it as the "City of God". Allama Iqbal Lahori has portrayed a city and named it "Marghadayn" and then has described it. An interesting point viewed in his portray is his attention to the issue of the natural environment that has been completely derived from the Islamic-Quranic teachings and his theological knowledge. The present paper addresses his understanding and compares it with the view of some western philosophers who have been contemporaneous with him so as to determine how two religious and secular attitudes look the nature.