Iqbal is one of the greatest poets in his ear and till the day today. Allama Iqbal poetry is versatile and amongst the greatest of the twentieth century. And as a National poet of Pakistan, he penned “Saare Jahan Se acha Hindustan Hamara” and “Lab pe ate hai dua ban ke tamanna meri.”
Khudi ko kar buland itna ki har taqdir se pahle
Khuda bande se khud puchhe bata tere raza kya hai
Muhammad Iqbal was a descendant of a Kashmir Brahmin Family. In the seventeenth century, his family embraced Islam. He was born and lived in Sialkot. Arabic, Persian, and Urdu were his traditional education. Afterward, he got involved in liberal education that influenced his next entire life.
At the Scottish Mission School, he began his educational career. Before going to Trinity College, he acquired his M.A degree in Philosophy. Later, he mastered the degree of Bar-at-Law.
Then he proceeded as the Doctorate in The Development of Metaphysics in Persia from Germany. He didn’t limit himself just to this stage and worked as a philosopher, teacher, lawyer and, politician. Then he became a member of the Second Round Table Conference.
Since Iqbal’s poetry was in both Urdu and Persian, he is then known as the poet-philosopher of the east. He was the believer in “wahdatul wujood” Using the philosophy of “Khudi” (Self-Hood), he addressed the Muslim Ummah.
It is also known as self-realization. It is usually associated with discovering the inner self and talents with perseverance and love. The poetry of Allama Iqbal was in the stages of metaphoric dialogue with the divine.
Poetry of Iqbal re-configured the poetic components such as metaphor, myth, and symbols. All of these were from the ancient history of philosophy and the Islamic faith. He wrote 116 Ghazal, 434 Nazm, 128 Sher, and 997 E-Books.
Ghazal
- Sitaro se aage jahan aur bhi hain
- Tere ishq ki intiha chahta hun
- Kabhi ai haqiqat-e-muntazar nazar aa libas-e-majaz mein
Nazm
- Shikwa
- Jawab-e-shikwa
- Ek aarzu
- Tarane-e-hindi
- Bachche ki dua
- Jawed ke nam
- Farman-e-Khuda
E-Books
- Armughan-e-Hejaz (1938, 61, 64, 75)
- Ibtadai Kalam-e-Iqbal (1988)
- Zarb-e-Kaleem (1944)
- Kuliyat-e-iqbal (1981)
- Aks-e-Asrar-e-Khudi (1994)
Most famous Allama Iqbal Poetry (Shayari)
Sitaron se aage jahan aur bhi hain
Abhi ishq ke imtihan aur bhi hain
Maana ki teri diid ke qabil nahin huun main
Tu mera shauq daikh mera intizar daikh
Tire ishq ki intiha chahta hun
Miri sadgi daikh kya chahta hun
Tu shahin hai parvaz hai kaam tera
Tire samnay asman aur bhi hai
Nasha pila ke girana to sab ko ata hai
Maza to tab hai ki girton ko thaam le saaqi
Hazaron saal nargis apni be-nuri pe roti hai
Dadi mushkil se hota hai chaman men deda-var paida
Apne man men duub kar pa ja suragh-e-zindgi
Tu agar mera nahi banta na ban apna to ban
Achchaa hai dil ke sath rahye pasban-e-aql
Lekin kabhi kabhi ise tanha bhe chhode de
Dil se jo baat nikalti hai asar rakhty hai
Par nahin taqte-e-parvaz magar rakhty hai
Jis khet se dahqan ko mayassar nahi rozi
Us khet ke har khosha-e-gandum ko jala do
Anokhi vaz.a hai saare zamane se nirale hain
Ye ashiq kaun si basti ki ya-rab rahny vale hain
Ghazal 1
ḳhird-mandon se kya puchhun ki meri ibtida kya hai
ki main is fikr men rahta huun meri intiha kya hai
ḳhudi ko kar buland itna ki har taqdīr se pahle
ḳhuda bande se ḳhud puchhe bata teri raza kya hai
maqam-e-guftugu kya hai agar main kimiya-gar huun
yahi soz-e-nafas hai aur meri kimiya kya hai
nazar aa.iin mujhe taqdir ki gahra.iyan is men
na puchh ai ham-nashin mujh se vo chashm-e-surma-sa kya hai
agar hota vo majzub-e-farangi is zamāne men
to ‘iqbal’ us ko samjhata maqam-e-kibriya kya hai
nava-e-sub.h-gahi ne jigar ḳhuun kar diya mera
ḳhudaya jis ḳhata ki ye saza hai vo ḳhata kya hai
Ghazal 2
sitaron se aage jahan aur bhi hain
abhi ishq ke imtihan aur bhi hain
tahi zindagi se nahīn ye faza.en
yahan saikḌon karvan aur bhi hain
qana.at na kar alam-e-rang-o-bu par
chaman aur bhi ashiyan aur bhi hain
agar kho gaya ik nasheman to kya ġham
maqamat-e-ah-o-fughan aur bhi hain
tu shahīn hai parvaz hai kaam tera
tire samne asman aur bhi hain
isi roz o shab men ulajh kar na rah ja
ki tere zaman o makan aur bhi hain
ga.e din ki tanha tha main anjuman men
yahan ab mire raz-dan aur bhi hain
Ghazal 3
tire ishq ki intiha chahta huun
miri ssdgi dekh kya chahta huun
sitam ho ki ho vada-e-be-hijabi
koi baat sabr-azma chahta huun
ye jannat mubarak rahe zahidon ko
ki main aap ka samna chahta huun
zara sa to dil huun magar shoḳh itna
vahi lan-tarani suna chahta huun
koi dam ka mehman huun ai ahl-e-mahfil
charagh-e-sahar huun bujha chahta huun
bhari bazm men raaz ki baat kah di
baḌa be-adab huun saza chahta huun
Ghazal 4
kabhi ai haqiqat-e-muntazar nazar aa libas-e-majaz men
ki hazaron sajde taḌap rahe hain miri jabin-e-niyaz men
tarab-ashna-e-ḳharosh ho to nava hai mahram-e-gosh ho
vo sarod kya ki chhupa hua ho sukut-e-parda-e-saz men
tu bacha bacha ke na rakh ise tira aa.ina hai vo aa.ina
ki shikasta ho to aziz-tar hai nigah-e-a.ina-saz men
dam-e-tauf kirmak-e-sham.a ne ye kaha ki vo asar-e-kuhan
na tiri hikayat-e-soz men na miri hadis-e-gudaz men
na kahin jahan men amaan mili jo amaan mili to kahan mili
mire jurm-e-ḳhana-ḳharab ko tire afv-e-banda-navaz men
na vo ishq men rahin garmiyan na vo husn men rahin shoḳhiyan
na vo ghaznavi men taḌap rahi na vo ḳham hai zulf-e-ayaz main
main jo sar-ba-sajda hua kabhi to zamin se aane lagi sada
tira dil to hai sanam-ashna tujhe kya milega namaz men