Top 10 famous and life-changing books of the Allam Muhammad Iqbal

1. The Wing of Gabriel:

Bal-e-Jibril (Urdu: بال جبریل; or the Wing of Gabriel; published in Urdu, 1935) was a book of philosophical poetry by Allama Iqbal (Muhammad Iqbal), the great philosopher of the Indian subcontinent.

Iqbal's first book of Urdu poetry, Bang-i-Dara (1924), was followed by Bal-i-Jibril in 1935 and Zarb-i-Kalim in 1936.

Bal-i-Jibril is the culmination of Iqbal poetry in Urdu. It contains ghazals, poems, quatrains, epigrams and shows the vision and wisdom needed to promote integrity and strong faith in the ummah's heart and transform its members into true believers.

Other books were written during Iqbal's visit to Britain, Italy, Palestine, France, Spain, and Afghanistan. These books including one of Iqbal's most famous poems, the Mosque of Cordoba.

The work consists of 15 ghazals directed to God. 61 ghazals and 22 quatrains dealing with ego, faith, love, knowledge, wisdom and freedom. 

The poet remembers the past glory of Islam as it faced the political problems of the day.

2.The Gift of the Hijaz:

Armaghan-Hijaz (Urdu: ارمغان حجاز; or The Gift of the Hijaz; first published in Persia, 1938) was a book of philosophical poetry by Allama Iqbal, a prominent Islamic philosopher.

Introduction

A few months after the poet's death, this work is a minimal volume consisting of Persian and Urdu verses. 

It is incomplete, though this may not be readily apparent to the reader, for Iqbal left some gaps in the book he intended to fill while traveling to Mecca. 

The title means "Gift from the Hijaz." He had long wished to take a trip to the Arabian Peninsula to perform Hajj and visit Muhammad's tomb.

 But he was prevented from doing so due to chronic illness during the last years of his life. Iqbal began naming Armaghan as a gift he had in Hijaz, intending to publish it on his return to India as a "gift from Hijaz" to his people.

In this, his last work, we find that the poet is more withdrawn and looking forward than ever. Poems are short and personal. The author's view remains that he takes one last look at the world around him before leaving it behind.

 Themes are most common, but treatment is newer, stronger and weaker than before. Iqbal's outspokenness, or speaking to God. 

In condemning man's evil deeds and hatred of injustice and oppression and devotion to Muhammad and his friends, all remain constant. As a summary of the ideas and feelings of the most rational person, Armaghan deserves a special place among the classical literature of the twentieth century.

Divided into two parts, the first contains Persian, the second is Urdu poetry. The Persian verses, all in the form of ruba'i, are divided into five groups and give God the Truth, Muhammad, the Muslim nation, Man, and "friends on the way to God."

The second section contains Urdu poems composed between 1935 and the time of his death and includes a poem describing the confusion of the poet's contemporary ideas and their impact on Muslims.

In this work, Iqbal touches on almost all the questions he has been busy with his life fighting for ingenuity and book accomplishment. The poems that contain this final work give the impression that the author has finally found the peace he has been longing for:

A gone song may come back - or it may be.

Fresh air could come from the Hijaz - or possibly.

The days of the humble poor man are over;

Someone who knows secrets can come - or not. 

3. The Rod of Moses:

Zarb-i-Kalim is also known as " The Rod of Moses; Urdu: ضربِ کلیم." Zarb-i-Kalim is a book of poetic philosophy by Allama Iqbal in Urdu, a poet of the Indian subcontinent.  This book is Published in 1936 two years before his death.

Zarb-i-Kalim is the third collection of poems by Allama Sir Muhammad Iqbal. it described as his political manifesto. Published with the headline "Declaration of War Against Modern Times." 

Muhammad Iqbal, also known as the "Oriental Poet", says that modern problems stem from the ungodliness, materialism, and injustice of contemporary civilization, which are often suppressed by the exploitation of weak nations, especially Muslim Muslims,

4. The secrets of selfishness:

Rumuz-e-Bekhudi is a Persian book. Persian: رموز بیخودی; or The Secrets of Selflessness was published in Persia, in 1918.

This was the second book of poetry by Allama Iqbal, a poet-philosopher of the Indian subcontinent. This is a sequence of his first book Asrar-e-Khudi اسرارِ خودی (The Secrets of the Self)

This book was written in Persian and published in 1918. This group of poems has its central themes: the fair society, Islamic and social norms, and human-social relations. Although true to all Muslims, Iqbal is also aware of similarities between other religions. 

Rumuz-i-Bekhudi (Secrets of Sacrifice) completes the personal emphasis on Asrar-i-Khudi, and the two collections are usually included in the same volume under the heading Asrar-o-Rumuz. A.J. Arumuz's famous English translation of the Rumuz version first appeared in 1953. 

Rumuz-i-Bekhudi is addressed to the Muslims of the world. Iqbal sees the individual and his community as consultation with each other. Man needs to be strengthened before he can be integrated into society. His development, in turn, depends on the preservation of the social order.

 Through communication with others, the ego learns to accept the limitations of its freedom and the meaning of love. Muslim communities must ensure order in life and must therefore preserve their social culture. 

In this context, Iqbal recognizes the vital role of women, in which, like mothers, they are directly responsible for instilling values ​​in their children.

5. The secrets of self:

Asrar-i-Khudi is in Persian: اسرار خودی.  This book is also known as The Secrets of the Self. This book was published in Persian in  1915. 

This was the first book of poetry by Allama Iqbal, the great philosopher of British India. This book is very much about that person, and his second book, Rumuz-i-Bekhudi رموزِ بیخودی, talks about the interaction between man and society.

Asrar-i-Khudi (Secrets of the Self) was Iqbal's first book of poetry. It is considered by many to be the best book of Iqbal poetry, and it is influenced by religious philosophy. The poet Ghulam Qadir Girami said that "Iqbal wrote that. 

"In terms of ideas, this Masnavi is completely new in Eastern and Western literature".

"The ideas of the verses have never been expressed in the East or the West." 

R.A. Nicholson translated Asrar as The Secrets of the Self. He says that it attracted the attention of young Muslims as soon as it was printed. Iqbal wrote this in Persian because he felt that the language was suitable for expressing these ideas.

In Asrar-e-Khudi, Iqbal explained his philosophy of "Khudi," or "Self." Iqbal's name "Khudi" is similar to the word "Rooh" as mentioned in the Quran. "Rooh" is that divine framework that exists in everyone and was in Adam that God commanded all the angels to bow before Adam.

However, one has to make an incredible journey of change to see that divine spark that Iqbal calls "Khudi." The relationship between odor and seed can discern the similarity of this journey. Every source has a fragrant aroma inside it. 

But to achieve their aroma, the seeds have to go through all the different changes and stages. First its shell breaks. Then break the soil to get to the light that develops the roots at the same time. 

After that, it fights the elements to improve the leaves and flowers. We finally reach the top by discovering the scent hidden inside it.

In the same way, to attain one's khudi or room, one needs to go through the many stages Iqbal himself goes through, a spiritual path that encourages others to walk. He notes that not all seeds reach their level of fragrance. Many died along the way, being imperfect. 

Similarly, only a relatively small number of individuals can climb this spiritual Mount Everest, many of whom tend to walk on materialistic traits. The same idea was used by the medieval poet and philosopher Farid d-Din Attar of Nishapur in his "Mantaq-ul-Tair" ("Birds' Conference").

Iqbal proves in various ways that the universe obeys the will of the "Self." He criticizes self-harm. For him, the purpose of life is to see and know himself. 

He sets the stages by which the "Self" must pass before the end of perfection, empowering the person who knows the "Self" to support God.

6. The Call of the Marching Bell:

The Call of the Marching Bell (Urdu: بان٘گِ دَرا‎, Bang-e-Dara; 

published in Urdu, 1935) was a book of philosophical poetry by Allama Iqbal (Muhammad Iqbal), the great philosopher of the Indian subcontinent.

Iqbal's first book of Urdu poetry, Bang-i-Dara (1924), was followed by Bal-i-Jibril in 1935 and Zarb-i-Kalim in 1936. Bal-i-Jibril is the culmination of Iqbal poetry in Urdu. 

It contains ghazals, poems, quatrains, epigrams and shows the vision and wisdom needed to promote integrity and strong faith in the ummah's heart and transform its members into true believers.

7. What to Do O People of the East; The Pilgrim :

 Pas Chih Bayad Kard ay Aqwam-i-Mashriq Ma'a Musafir) 

It was a book of Persian philosophical poetry by Muhammad Iqbal, a contemporary Indian poet, and philosopher. It ws Published in 1936. Translating, commenting, and commenting on Urdu texts by Elahi Bakhsh Akhtar Awan was published by Khyber Bazar University Book Agency, Peshawar, Pakistan, in 1960.

The book includes Matnavi Musafir. Rumi of Iqbal, the king, says this good tune "The East wakes from its sleep" (Khwab-i ghaflat). Detailed comments on voluntary poverty and liberalism, followed by the disclosure of the mysteries of Islamic law and the ideology of Sufic, are given.

 He laments the disagreement between the people of South Asia and the Muslim nations. This book is an account of a trip to Afghanistan.

 In Mathnavi, the people of the Sob'ha Sarhat (Afghans) region are advised to learn the "secret of Islam" and to "build" themselves within themselves because they are good people. The title is also translated What Then Is To Done, O Nations of the East.

8. Persian psalms:

Zabur-i-Ajam is a Persian book. Also known as (زبور عجم,  Persian Psalms). This is a book of philosophical poetry, written in Persian. It was published in 1927.

Introduction

Zabur-i Ajam includes Matnavi Gulshan-i Raz-i Jadid and Bandagi Nama. There are four stages. The first two are a series of ghazals classical, and the other two are long single poems. 

Iqbal strongly expresses his inner beliefs and urges the student to develop them in order to achieve progress and prosperity by finding and strengthening them.

The first of two long poems is Gulshan-i Raz-i Jadid (گلشن راز جدید, "New Garden of Mysteries"). It refers to Gulshan-i Raz, a book on Sufism written in a Persian verse by Sa'd ad-Din Mahmud Shabistari. 

Here Iqbal asks and answers nine questions about philosophical issues such as the nature of opposing thought, identity, and the relationship between eternity and temporal.

The title of the second poem, Bandagi Nama (بندگی‌نامه, "Book of Servitude") is a loss of freedom, incredibly spiritual, personal or social space, and its subsequent evils. 

It is divided into several sections and touches on the music and other art forms of the enslaved people, their beliefs, and the art of rebuilding free men.

For Zabur-i Ajam, Iqbal's Persian ghazal is the best as his Urdu ghazal is in Bal-i Jibril. As in other books, Iqbal emphasizes remembering the past, doing well now, and preparing for the future.

 His lesson is that man must be strong, full of passion for action, and full of love and life. He proves that no form of poetry can equate a ghazal with power and sweetness.

9. Message from the East:

Payam-i-Mashriq is also a Persian book.  (Persian: پیامِ مشرق‎; or Message from the East was published in Persian in 1923. it is a philosophical poetry book of Allama Iqbal.

Payam-i-Mashriq is an answer to West-östlicher Diwan by Goethe, the famous German poet.

10. Book of Eternity:

The Javid Nama (Persian: جاوید نامہ), or Book of Eternity, a Persian book of poetry written by Muhammad Iqbal and published in 1932. It is regarded as one of the great art of Iqbal. 

Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy inspires it, and since Dante's guide was Virgil, Iqbal is directed by Maulana Rumi. They both traveled to different parts of the universe and met other people. Iqbal uses the pseudonym Zinda Rud himself in the book.

It was translated into English by Arthur John Arberry and in German as Dschavidnma: Das Buch der Ewigkeit by Annemarie Schimmel and Italian as Il poema Celeste by Alessandro Bausani. Schimmel also prepared a Turkish translation, the Cevidname, based on his German translation.

A few of life's problems are discussed, and they are given philosophical answers. It is a highly developed subject.

 Iqbal strongly criticized figures in Indian history such as Mir Jafar of Bengal and Mir Sadiq of Deccan, who played a role in the defeat and death of Nawab Siraj-Ud-Daulah of Bengal and Tipu Sultan of Mysore, respectively by betraying the East India Company, which led India to colonial rule. 

Finally, by speaking to his son Javid Iqbal, he addresses the entire youth and gives direction to the "new generation."