"Sir Muhammad Iqbal,
distinguished lawyer, philosopher, poet, as learned in Western science as in Eastern
tradition, inspired millions of his fellow-Muslims in India to fight for self-reform, and
self-realization as a necessary prelude to independent nationhood. He played a leading
part in that most exciting drama of modem times, the revolt against internal corruption,
and against external domination." This site offers in-depth access to the materials
on his life and works and provides necessary links for further probe and study.
Iqbal - Poet Philosopher of
Pakistan - was an heir to a very rich literary, mystic, philosophical and religious
tradition. He imbibed and assimilated all that was best in the past and present Islamic
and Oriental thought and culture. His range of interests covered Religion, Philosophy,
Art, Politics, Economics, the revival of Muslim life and universal brotherhood of man. His
prose, not only in his national language but also in English, was powerful. His two books
in English demonstrate his mastery of English. But poetry was his medium par excellence
of expression. Everything he thought and felt, almost involuntarily shaped itself into
verse.