Allama Muhammad Iqbal Poetry

Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal

Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal born on 9 November 1877. Mostly known as Allama Iqbal was a poet, philosopher and politician, as well as barrister and scholar in British India who is mostly regarded as having inspired the Pakistan Movement. He is called the "Spiritual Father of Pakistan." He is considered one of the most important figures in Urdu literature, with literary work in both Urdu and Persian.

Iqbal is delight in as a prominent poet by Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshies, Iranians, Muslims all over the world and other international scholars of literature. Though Iqbal is best known as an prominent poet, he is also a highly cheering "Muslim philosophical thinker of modern times". His first poetry book, The Secrets of the Self (Asrar-e-Khudi), appeared in the Persian language in 1915, and other books of poetry include The Secrets of Selflessness, Message from the East and Persian Psalms. Amongst these, his best known Urdu works are The Call of the Marching Bell, Gabriel's Wing, The Rod of Moses and a part of Gift from Hijaz. Along with his Urdu and Persian poetry, his Urdu and English lectures and letters have been very influential in cultural, social, religious and political discourses.

While studying law and philosophy in England, Iqbal became a member of the London branch of the All-India Muslim League. After that, during the League's December 1930 session, he delivered his most famous presidential speech known as the Allahabad Address in which he pushed for the creation of a Muslim state in north-west India.

In much of South Asia and the Urdu-speaking world, Iqbal is regarded as the Shair-e-Mashriq (Urdu: شاعر مشرق‎, "Poet of the East"). He is also called Mufakkir-e-Pakistan "The Thinker of Pakistan", Musawar-e-Pakistan, "Artist of Pakistan", and Hakeem-ul-Ummat "The Sage of the Ummah". The Pakistan government officially announced him "National Poet of Pakistan". His birthday or Iqbal Day celebrated, is a public holiday in Pakistan.

Iqbal's house is located in Sialkot and is recognized as Iqbal's Manzil and is open for visitors. His other house where he lived most of his life and died is in Lahore, named as Javed Manzil. The museum is located on Allama Iqbal Road near Lahore Railway Station, Punjab, Pakistan. It was protected under the Punjab Antiquities Act of 1975, and declared a Pakistani national monument in 1977.

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