THE LIFE AND TIMES OF 'ALL˙MAH IQB˙L
Period IV (1930-38)
In this and the last period of his literary career ‘All«mah Iqb«l did not encounter any important external event. In the peace of mind and emotions so acquired he reverted to esoteric and spiritual subjects. This gave him the opportunity of explaining the theory of Khudâ and Bekhudâ as well as the components of Khudâ, the most important of which is the elegance of man as the vicegerent of God. The book B«l-i-Jibrâl which is the first book of this period is replete with the message of Khudâ. The following verses are cited as a small sample.
(44) Stars are shuddering at the rise of the earthly man
Lest this meteorite may not become a full moon(45) Khudâ is the ocean of which there is no shore
If you consider it a stream there is no remedy(46) This message is left with me by the morning breeze
That monarchy is the status of the knowers of Khudâ(47) Search for Providence O Imprudent one, it is veiled in Khudâ
This is the only sane advice of the adviser for you(48) When Love teaches rules of self cognizance
Monarchy's secrets are revealed to slaves
The second component of Khudâ is the superiority of Love over Intellect which receives its due share of representation:
(49) By a single leap of Love everything was settled
I had considered the physical universe as limitless
He has also written on political topics in this period out of which the more famous poems in B«l-i-Jibrâl are "Farm«n-i-Khud«" (The Edict of God) and "Lenin Khuda Kay Huzër Main" (Lenin in Audience with God). The former poem concerns communism which we shall discuss in Chapter 3. The latter poem is a critique of European civilization in the words of Lenin, which leads to the conclusion that the communism of Europe with its atheism was the product of the short sighted attitude of the Church and the capitalist society.