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Themes
The secret divine my ecstasy has taught (from
Baal-i-Jibreel) Bliss

Death

Fire

by Allama Muhammad Iqbal Heart

(1877 - 1938) Timeline Light
Muslim / Sufi
English version by
Naeem Siddiqui 20th Century

Recommended Books
Original Language
Urdu

The Ardent Pilgrim: An

Introduction to the Life
The secret divine my ecstasy has taught and Work of Mohammed
Iqbal, by Iqbal Singh
I may convey if I have Gabriel's breath. Poems From Iqbal:
Renderings In English
Verse With Comparative
What can these stars tell me of my fate? Urdu Text, by Allama
Muhammad Iqbal /
They are lost themselves in the boundless firmament. Translated by V. G.
Kiernan

The total absorption of thought and vision is life,

Scattered thought is selfhood's total death.

Pleasures of selfhood are a blessing of God,

Who makes me lose my awareness of myself.

With a pure heart, a noble aim, a poignant soul.

I care not for Solomon's wealth or Plato's thought.

The Prophet's 'Mairaj' has taught me that heaven

Lies within the bounds of human reach.

This universe, perhaps, is yet incomplete,

For I hear repeated sounds of "Be, And It Was."

Thy mind is ruled by the magic of the West,

Thy cure lies in the Fire of Rumi's faith.

It is he who has given my eyes a blissful vision,

It is he who has blessed my soul with light.

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