moral power His faith in humanity makes this poem one of the finest songs of equality in Bengali literature Through this idea Nazrul inspires mankind to rise above all divisions Poet s Faith in Human Dignity Nazrul s belief in human dignity came from his own life He had seen hunger poverty and cruelty from childhood These experiences made him a poet of the people His heart cried for the oppressed and poor That is why he became a poet of rebellion and humanity He wanted to free men from fear injustice and blind faith His message was clear man s worth lies above wealth race or religion Protest against Hypocrisy Nazrul used Manush to fight against false religion and hypocrisy He says Where is Chengis Where is Mahmood of Gazni Where are the bold iconoclasts of yesterday Break open the locked doors of those holy places of worship Here the poet mocks the pride of past conquerors and exposes the corruption of priests and mollahs He shows that no one can lock God s house because God lives in every human heart He calls people to stand against injustice and blind faith He wants a world where all men are free honest and equal in God s eyes Criticism of Religious Corruption Nazrul was deeply hurt by how religion was misused for profit In Manush he accuses priests and mollahs of turning faith into business He writes Your mosques and temples are not meant for man The Mollahs and the Priests have closed their doors under lock and keys Through these lines Nazrul declares that religion without love is meaningless True religion he says should open its doors to every suffering soul Man as the Centre of Creation Nazrul believed that man is the image of God In his view man has divine power to build a better world through love equality and justice When he asks Who can lock up God s House He means that man s spirit is eternal and cannot be chained by false faith To Nazrul every human being rich or poor is sacred His poem lifts man above every boundary of race and religion In summary Nazrul s Manush Man is a song of faith in mankind It teaches that man as God s best creation holds the power to change the world through equality and truth Nazrul s message goes beyond religion It is a call for universal humanity By placing man above everything else he glorifies the human soul as the true centre of creation and divinity