CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2 - The Life and Times of ‘All«mah Iqb«l
Scope of this Biographical Sketch
Influence of His Parents and Family
Events in His Life and Their Influence
---First Visit to Europe
---Second Visit to Europe
---Visit to Afghanistan
---"Asr«r-i-Khudâ"
---The Condition of Muslim Society
---The Last Five Years
Chapter 3 - The Philosophy of ‘All«mah Iqb«l: Sources and Expression in "B«ng-i-Dar«"
Section I - Sources of the Philosophy of ‘All«mah Iqb«l
---Ancient Phiolsophers and Mystics
---Muslim Philosophers and Sufis
---Original Islamic Literature
---Modern Western Literature
---Nightly Tahajjud Prayers and Meditations, Early Dawn Prayers, Supplications and Wailings to God for Guidance
---Conclusion
Section II - Expression of ‘All«mah Iqb«l's Thought in "B«ng-i-Dar«"
---Tasawwuf
---The Controversy of "
Wahdat ul-Wujud" vs. "Wahdat ul-Shuhud"
---Fuqr
---Khudi
---Controversy of Aql O Dil (Intellect and Intuition)
---Political Ideology
---Explanatory Notes
Chapter 4 - Preface by Sir Abd al-Qadir, Barrister at Law, Editor "Makhzan"
Chapter 5 - Poems of Period 1 - Before 1908
Farewell O World's Congregation
Lament of Separation (In Memory of Arnold)
The National Anthem for the Indian Children
The Ghazals
Do not look at the garden of existence like a stranger
If you had not come I would have had no occasion for contention
O Lord! Strange is the piety of the preacher
I should procure such straws for my nest from somewhere
What can I say how I got separated from my garden
Unusual in state, distinct from the whole world they are
One should not see the Spectacle with the material eye
What should I say how much Longing for dejection I have
The one I was searching for on the earth and in heaven
Completion of your Love is what I desire
When that Beni«z opens His Graceful Hand
I bear hardships on myself, I am unconcerned with others
Majnun abandoned habitation, you should abandon wilderness also
Chapter 6- Poems of Period 2- 1905-08
Addressed to the Students of Aligarh College
On Seeing A Cat In The Lap Of Someone
Meeting The Beloved - The Union
An Evening (On The River Necker's Banks, Heidelberg, Germany)
The Ghazals
The life of Man is no more than a breath!
O God ! Teach a little Love to my happy Intellect
The world will know when the flood of conversation will emerge from my heart
Thy splendor is manifest in thunder, in fire, in spark
O worldly congregation! Though your gatherings were attractive
We circumambulate the wine‑cup like the wine's reflection
Time has come for openness, Beloved's Sight will be common
Chapter 7 Poems of Period 3 - 1908-30
Tazmin on a Verse of Anisi Shamilu
On Being Presented With A Flower
Wataniyat (Nation As A Poliotical Concept)
A Pilgrim on His Way to Madinah
Strolling in the Celestial World
Addressed to the Youth of Islam
In Audience with the Holy Prophet S.A.W.
Education and its Consequences
The Good News of the Dawn (1912)
In Response to the Request for Writing a Poem On Eid
The Poem Based on a Verse of Abu Talib Kalim
Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddique R.A.
The Present Civilization Tazmân Bar Sh’er-i-Faizi (Based on a Verse of Faizi)
In Memory of Mother of Blessed Memory
The Poet Saiyyid Muhammad Jamal Al-Din Urfi, Shirazi
Infidelity and Islam Tazmân Bar
The Muslims and Modern Education
The Din (Includes a Verse of Mirza Bedil)
An Incident of the Battle of Yarmuk
Remain Attached to the Tree Keep Spring's Expectation
The Night of the Celestial Ascension of the Holy Prophet S.A.W.
(William Shakespeare) (Mister Justice Shah Din Marhum)The Ghazals
O zephyr! Convey my message to the one wrapped in blanket
These songs of turtle doves and nightingales are merely ear’s illusion
O dejected nightingale your lament is immature still
Lift the veil from Thy Face and be manifest in the assembly
The spring breeze is flowing again start singing, O Iqb«l
O the much sought after Reality! Some time appear in material form
No wonder if the garden birds remained fond of poetry even under the net
Though you are bound by cause and effect
Humorous Poems
In the East principles are changed to religion
The girls are learning English
The Shaikh also is not a supporter of women’s seclusion
O wise man! This is a matter of a few days only
Western education is very encouraging
It does not matter if the preacher is poor
The patient of civilization will not be cured by the gàlâ
Will there be an end to this, how long should we buy
We poor Easterners have been entangled in the West
“The search, the witness and the thing witnessed are the same”
We have lost all material resources
As I tried to commit suicide the Miss exclaimed
So naive were they not to appreciate the Arabs’ worth
In India councils are a part of the government
Membership of the Imperial council is not at all difficult
What will be a better proof of affection and fidelity
The Shaikh was giving a sermon on the mode of operation
Let us see how long this business of the East lasts
The cow one day started saying to the camel
Last night the mosquito related to me
This new `verse’ was revealed to me from the jail
Life may be lost but truth should not be lost
Capital and labor are in confrontation with each other
That eternal rind has departed from the border of Sh«m
One day a dispute arose between the farmer and the owner
The owner of the factory is a useless man
I have heard this was the talk in the factory yesterday
Though the mosque was built overnight by the believers
Appendix II. Glossary of 92 Technical Terms Used in the Text and Explanatory Notes
Appendix V. Urdu and Persian Verses in Original Whose Translations Appear in the Text