The Secrets of the Self
24 chapters English Public domain
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Muhammad Iqbal (b. Nov. 9, 1877, d. Apr. 21, 1938) was a prominent Islamic writer and politician. Born in the Raj, Cambridge educated, Iqbal is both the the intellectual founder of Pakistan, and its national poet. This poem was composed in Persian, using traditional Persian styles and tropes, and published in Lahore in 1915. The translator was the English orientalist Reynold A. Nicholson. Nicholson later went on to produce the first full critical translation of Rumi's Masnavi into English.
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24 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Text 04 Contents 05 Introduction 06 Prologue 07 I. The System of the Universe Originates in the Self 08 II. The Life of the Self Comes From Forming Desires 09 III. The Self is Strengthened by Love 10 IV. The Self is Weakened by Asking 11 V. Strengthened by Love it Gains Dominion Over the Forces of the Universe 12 VI. Negation of the Self 13 VII. We Must be on Guard Against Platonism 14 VIII. The True Nature of Poetry and the Reform of Islamic Literature 15 IX. The Three States in the Education of the Self 16 X. Inner Meanings of the Names of Ali 17 XI. The Young Man of Merv and Saint Ali Hujwírí 18 XII. The Bird that was Faint with Thirst 19 XIII. Story of the Diamond and the Coal 20 XIV. The Sheikh and the Brahmin, and the Ganges and the Himalaya 21 XV. On Jihad 22 XVI. Precepts of Bábá Sahrá’í 23 XVII. Time is a Sword 24 XVIII. An Invocation
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The Secrets of the Self
24 chapters English Public domain
About this book
Muhammad Iqbal (b. Nov. 9, 1877, d. Apr. 21, 1938) was a prominent Islamic writer and politician. Born in the Raj, Cambridge educated, Iqbal is both the the intellectual founder of Pakistan, and its national poet. This poem was composed in Persian, using traditional Persian styles and tropes, and published in Lahore in 1915. The translator was the English orientalist Reynold A. Nicholson. Nicholson later went on to produce the first full critical translation of Rumi's Masnavi into English.
Table of contents
24 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Text 04 Contents 05 Introduction 06 Prologue 07 I. The System of the Universe Originates in the Self 08 II. The Life of the Self Comes From Forming Desires 09 III. The Self is Strengthened by Love 10 IV. The Self is Weakened by Asking 11 V. Strengthened by Love it Gains Dominion Over the Forces of the Universe 12 VI. Negation of the Self 13 VII. We Must be on Guard Against Platonism 14 VIII. The True Nature of Poetry and the Reform of Islamic Literature 15 IX. The Three States in the Education of the Self 16 X. Inner Meanings of the Names of Ali 17 XI. The Young Man of Merv and Saint Ali Hujwírí 18 XII. The Bird that was Faint with Thirst 19 XIII. Story of the Diamond and the Coal 20 XIV. The Sheikh and the Brahmin, and the Ganges and the Himalaya 21 XV. On Jihad 22 XVI. Precepts of Bábá Sahrá’í 23 XVII. Time is a Sword 24 XVIII. An Invocation
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The Secrets of the Self
24 chapters English Public domain
About this book
Muhammad Iqbal (b. Nov. 9, 1877, d. Apr. 21, 1938) was a prominent Islamic writer and politician. Born in the Raj, Cambridge educated, Iqbal is both the the intellectual founder of Pakistan, and its national poet. This poem was composed in Persian, using traditional Persian styles and tropes, and published in Lahore in 1915. The translator was the English orientalist Reynold A. Nicholson. Nicholson later went on to produce the first full critical translation of Rumi's Masnavi into English.
Table of contents
24 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Text 04 Contents 05 Introduction 06 Prologue 07 I. The System of the Universe Originates in the Self 08 II. The Life of the Self Comes From Forming Desires 09 III. The Self is Strengthened by Love 10 IV. The Self is Weakened by Asking 11 V. Strengthened by Love it Gains Dominion Over the Forces of the Universe 12 VI. Negation of the Self 13 VII. We Must be on Guard Against Platonism 14 VIII. The True Nature of Poetry and the Reform of Islamic Literature 15 IX. The Three States in the Education of the Self 16 X. Inner Meanings of the Names of Ali 17 XI. The Young Man of Merv and Saint Ali Hujwírí 18 XII. The Bird that was Faint with Thirst 19 XIII. Story of the Diamond and the Coal 20 XIV. The Sheikh and the Brahmin, and the Ganges and the Himalaya 21 XV. On Jihad 22 XVI. Precepts of Bábá Sahrá’í 23 XVII. Time is a Sword 24 XVIII. An Invocation
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