On this day, 21 April 1938, noted Muslim thinker, philosopher, | The Islamic Chronicles

On this day, 21 April 1938, noted Muslim thinker, philosopher, and celebrated Urdu and Farsi poet, Allama Muhammad Iqbal died in Lahore, British India.

Throughout his career, Iqbal wrote and delivered lectures on the political and spiritual revival of the Muslim community across the world, but specifically in the Indian subcontinent. The six lectures he delivered at Madras (now Chennai), Hyderabad, and Aligarh in 1928–29 were published as The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam in 1934 CE.

Iqbal had a great interest in Islamic studies, especially in Tasawwuf (Sufism). His thesis, The Development of Metaphysics in Persia, revealed some aspects of Islamic mysticism (Tasawwuf) formerly unknown in Europe.

Today, Iqbal is celebrated throughout the world, especially in Pakistan and India, for his outstanding contributions to Urdu and Persian poetry, philosophy, and Islamic thought.

Iqbal writes:

Ki Muhammad se wafa tu ne to ham tere hain
Ye jahan cheez hai kiya lauh-o-qalam tere hain

کی محمدﷺ سے وفا تو نے تو ہم تيرے ہيں
يہ جہاں چيز ہے کيا، لوح و قلم تيرے ہيں

Translation/Interpretation:
If you remain devoted/loyal to Prophet Muhammad, We are yours;
This universe is but nothing, you’re a writer of destinies.

You can learn more about his life by visiting: http://www.allamaiqbal.com/biography/en/index.php

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