The Poetry of Allama Muhammad Iqbal

Sir Muhammad Iqbal, is considered one of the most important figures in Urdu literature with his poetry written in both the Urdu and Persian languages. His birthday that is celebrated as 'Iqbal day', a national holiday in Pakistan and numerous public institutions are named after him including the international airport in Lahore. He is also known as 'Shair-e-Mushriq' meaning 'Poet of the East', 'Muffakir-e-Pakistan' 'The Inceptor of Pakistan', and 'Hakeem-ul-Ummat' 'The Sage of the Ummah' (the global Muslim community). His acclaim as a modern Muslim philosopher with his various Urdu and English lectures and letters in cultural, social, religious and political disputes, together with his political activity over the years, contributed to a knighthood by King George V In 1922. Iqbal was born in Sialkot, part of British India's then Punjab but now in Pakistan, to a tailor father, Shaikh Noor Mohammad and mother Imam Bibi, whose ancestors were Kashmiri Pandits that had migrated to the...