Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938), poet and philosopher known for his influential efforts to direct his fellow Muslims in British-administered India toward the establishment of a separate Muslim state, an aspiration that was eventually realized in the country of Pakistan.
Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) is one of the most influential Muslim thinkers of the twentieth century. A poet, philosopher, and political visionary from Sialkot in British India, he devoted his intellectual life to one central question: what is the true nature of the human self, and how can it achieve its highest potential?
Iqbal wrote both in Persian and Urdu, and is often regarded as the poet-philosopher of the East who addressed the Muslim ummah, believed in the philosophy of wahdatul wujood, and propounded the philosohy of khudi, or selfhood, which called for self-realisation and the discovery of the hidden talent with love and perseverance.
Sir Muhammad Iqbal, often referred to as Allama Iqbal, was a prominent philosopher, poet, and politician whose works greatly influenced the political consciousness of Muslims in British India.
Iqbal was a strong proponent of the political and spiritual revival of Islamic civilization across the world, but specifically in India; a series of famous lectures he delivered to this effect were published as The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam.
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Upon his return to Lahore in 1908, Iqbal established a law practice but primarily focused on producing scholarly works on politics, economics, history, philosophy, and religion. He is most renowned for his poetic compositions, including "Asrar-e-Khudi", "Rumuz-e-Bekhudi", and " Bang-e-Dara."