Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal (November 9, 1877 - April 21, 1938) was a well-known twentieth-century poet, writer, jurist, politician, a Muslim mystic, and one of the most important figures in the Tehreek-e-Pakistan. He used to write poetry in Urdu and Persian and this is the main reason for his fame. The main trend in poetry was towards Sufism and the revival of the Islamic Ummah. Allama Iqbal is considered a modern day Sufi. As a politician, his most notable achievement was the formation of the ideology of Pakistan, which he presented in 1930 while presiding over a meeting of the Muslim League in Allahabad. This ideology later became the basis for the establishment of Pakistan. That is why Allama Iqbal is considered the ideological father of Pakistan. Although he did not witness the formation of this new country with his own eyes, he has the status of the national poet of Pakistan.
Books of Allama Iqbal:
- Payam e Mashriq ( Poetry)
- Armaghan-e-Hijaz (Subject Poetry)
- Armaghan Hijaz (Topic Miscellaneous)
- The mystery (Subject poetry)
- Ball Jibrael (Subject Poetry)
- Bange-e-Dara(Subject Poetry)
- Renewal of Islamic Thought Subject Fiqh, Ijtihad and Law
- Javed Nama Subject Poetry
- Zaboor-e- Ajam ( Subject Poetry)
- Zerbe-e-Kaleem( Subject Poetry)
- So what should be done, O people of the East, the subject of poetry
Bang-e-Dara was the first book on the poetry of Muhammad Iqbal, the great poet and philosopher of the subcontinent, published in 1924. Bang Dara's poetry was written by Allama Muhammad Iqbal over a period of 20 years and this collection is divided into three parts.
Poems were written between 1905 and 1908 when Iqbal was a student in England. In it, Allama has praised the knowledge and mentality of the West but has strongly criticized the lack of materialism and spirituality. This situation brought Iqbal closer to the universal values of Islam and he thought of writing poetry to awaken Muslims.
