Iqbal gave us the key to his Asrar-e Khudi (1915) when he jotted down some quick remarks in response to Prof. Nicholson’s query. These remarks are supposed to summarize the philosophy that animates the poem, though they are quite challenging themselves, partly due to their brevity. In the following sentences, Iqbal seems to offer a…
Asrar-e Khudi (1915) was Iqbal’s first attempt at presenting a comprehensive statement of his mature philosophy. The fact that it was composed in Persian verse rather than in academic prose was partly due to the poet’s desire for reaching a wider audience in the Muslim world, and partly because the Persian poetic tradition had provided…
The short answer to this question is “no.” At any given moment in time, future exists as multiple possibilities — none of which is set in stone — until one of these possibilities becomes real. At that point, all possibilities other than the actualized one cease to be and an entirely new set of future possibilities arises. These too will…