He wrote many books and his first poetry book ‘The Secrets of the Self’ appeared 1915 in Persian language.


Lahore: The 85th death anniversary of great philosopher, thinker and Poet of East, Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal is being observed today (Friday) to acknowledge his struggle and services for a separate homeland for the Muslims of the subcontinent.
Born on November 09, 1877 in Sialkot, Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal was a great visionary poet, who formulated the idea of Pakistan and, therefore, regarded as one of the founding fathers of the country.
Allama Iqbal was a great visionary poet, who conceived the idea of a separate homeland for the Muslims of the Sub-continent, which was ultimately materialized in the shape of Pakistan.
He wrote many books and his first poetry book ‘The Secrets of the Self’ appeared 1915 in Persian language.
His best literary work includes Asrar-e-Khudi, Payam- e-Mashriq, Bang-e-Dara, Bal-e-Jibril, Zarb-e-Kalim and Armughan-e-Hijaz.
Iqbal was both a great poet and philosopher, who infused a revolutionary spirit in the Muslim youth of the subcontinent through his poetry.
Furthermore, Iqbal’s legendary poetry translated into Spanish, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, English and several other languages.
It is pertinent to mention here that a major portion of Allama Iqbal’s work is in Persian as he had flawless command over the language.
The visionary poet also admired as a prominent poet by Indians, Pakistanis, Iranians and other international scholars of literature.
Iqbal was given the title of ‘Allama’ due to his deep philosophical thinking and far-sightedness.
Shair-e-Mashriq, Muffakir-e-Pakistan, and Hakeem-ul-Ummat are some more titles that were given to the national poet for his unforgettable work in history.
Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal during his last days, suffered from a throat disease and passed away in Lahore on April 21, 1938.

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