Allama Iqbal

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the memory of the Legendary Asian
Poet. As a biographical presentation,
it represents his legacy.
 Life
Allama Iqbal was the best South
Asian poet of his time. Born on 9th of
November 1877, he’s still well known
poetries by the Muslims, and my
many in the West. His poetry was the
main motivation for the Muslims in
India to gain an independent country
for themselves, today known as
Pakistan.
Bismil Azimabadi, Vladimir
Lenin, Mir Sayyid Ali
Hamadani, Syed Mir Hassan,
Ibn Arabi, Rumi, Sayyid Ali
Hujwiri, Jami, Abd al-Karīm al-
Jīlī, Dante Alighieri, Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe,
Friedrich Nietzsche, Henri
Bergson, Thomas Walker
Arnold
Scotch Mission College Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan
(F.A.) Movement, Muhammad Asad, Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, Abul A'la Maududi,
Government College (BA, Ale Ahmed, Suroor, Ali Shariati, Dewan
MA) Mohammad Azraf, Muhammad Taqi Bahar,
Fateh Muhammad Malik, Israr Ahmed,
University of Cambridge
Syed Jawad Naqvi, Faiz Ahmed Faiz,
(BA) Muhammad Ishaq Madni, Imran N. Hosein,
Khushwant Singh, Annemarie Schimmel,
University of Munich (PhD)
Eva de Vitray, Meyerovitch
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 Work 1 2 3
Allama Iqbal wrote a number of books, but
he was most famous for his poetry which
Bang-e-Dara The Secrets of The Secrets of the
was the catalyst to the motivation of the
Selflessness Self
Muslims for getting a separate Muslim
homeland for themselves. Even though he
died before the partition, his wish was
completed by Quaid-e-Azam, and other
members of the All Muslim League.
Among the most famous are the 3 books
mentioned.
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 Faiz begins with a quotation
Such was this personality from Coleridge, `No man
influenced that he became the
Father of Our Nation, which in it’s was ever yet a great poet,
plight of a stable community is without being at the same
suffering at the hands of many time a great philosopher`
politicians. He once said: The (but not an abstract
message of Iqbal has reached the
farthest corners of the world. He thinker). Faiz asserts that
was the greatest interpreter of like all great poets of
Islam in modern times. “I have had affirmation, Dante, Milton
the privilege and opportunity,” he
added, “of being associated with
and Goethe; Iqbal was not

Influence
him. an abstract thinker.

Allama Iqbal was influenced by many and

influenced many. He influenced Muhammad Muhammad Chaudry Faiz Ahmed
Ali Jinnah Rahmat Ali Faiz
Ali Jinnah, Muhammad Asad, Abul A'la
Maududi, Ale Ahmed, Suroor, Ali Shariati,
Dewan Mohammad Azraf, Muhammad Taqi
Bahar, Fateh Muhammad Malik, Israr
Chaudry Rahmat Ali was
Ahmed, Syed Jawad Naqvi, Faiz Ahmed among the people
Faiz, Muhammad Ishaq Madni, Imran N. influenced by Allama Iqbal,
Hosein, Khushwant Singh, Annemarie which later motivated him
to create the Pakistan
Schimmel, Eva de Vitray, Meyerovitch Movement
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 Awards and
recognition
Allama Iqbal had won a total 5
awards in his life, most of them
include awards due to his books.
One from King George V and the
others mostly from other Muslim
countries.
Bang-e-Dara Rumuz-e-Bekhudi Knighthood
He was awarded this is He was awarded in Iran
Because of his learning and
knowledge, people soon began to
Iran. call him 'Allama' Iqbal and in 1923,
King George V of Britain, giving
him the title of Allama 'Sir'
Muhammad Iqbal
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 Motivation for
Books Quiad-e-Azam
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Legacy
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legacy he/she has left. How has
he/she changed the world.
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 Here are
some of
Allama
Iqbal’s poetry 7