X-Nico

7 unusual facts about Muhammad Iqbal


Augustine Fernandes

His doctoral dissertation on the philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal provides a valuable account together with a critical appreciation of Iqbal’s Islamic humanism.

Erkin Vohidov

Erkin Vohidov has translated the works of many famous foreign poets, such as Alexander Blok, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Mikhail Arkadyevich Svetlov, Muhammad Iqbal, Rasul Gamzatov, Sergey Yesenin, and Silva Kaputikyan into the Uzbek language.

In addition to writing his own poetry, Vohidov has translated the works of many famous foreign poets, such as Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Muhammad Iqbal, Rasul Gamzatov, and Sergey Yesenin into the Uzbek language.

Fateh M. Malik

According to Pakistan Academy of Letters Chairman Iftikhar Arif, Malik is "a great critic, a prominent intellectual and a distinguished scholar of Pakistaniat and Iqbaliat. He always expresses his views about the identity of Islamic Ummah with a passion that traces back to Allama Muhammad Iqbal."

Gulshan Town

This town was named in honor of Pakistan's national poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal.

Khayaban-e-Iqbal

Khayaban-e-Iqbal also known as Margalla Road is one of the major roads of Islamabad named after Muhammad Iqbal.

Souleymane Bachir Diagne

His main publications include two books on George Boole, a book on the Indian poet-philosopher Muhammad Iqbal, Islam et société ouverte. La fidélité et le mouvement dans la pensée de Muhammad Iqbal (2001) and an examination of Senghor’s philosophy, Léopold Sédar Senghor. L’Art africain comme philosophie (2007).


Foreign relations of Afghanistan

This includes the rebuilding and expansion of the major roads linking Afghanistan with Pakistan, the construction of Jinnah Hospital in Kabul and the Allama Iqbal Faculty of Arts building at Kabul University.

Iqbal Manzil

Iqbal Manzil is the birthplace of famous poet Dr Muhammad Iqbal in the centre of the historic city of Sialkot.

Reynold A. Nicholson

Being a teacher of the then Indian scholar and poet Muhammad Iqbal, Nicholson translated Iqbal's first philosophical Persian poetry book Asrar-i-Khudi into English as The Secrets of the Self.

Shah Faesal

He has earlier written middles for Kashmir-based English dailies but his command over the philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal has particularly fetched him intellectual recognition across the Country and many of his inspirational speeches are available on YouTube.

Tarana-e-Milli

After a few years of writing Tarana-e-Hind, Iqbal presented the poem Tarana-e-Milli based on national patriotism but this time, he said that Islam is the land and Muslim is the nation.In the “Tarna-e-Hind” to “Tarana-e-Milli”, he also praised and complimented the Muslim community of all over the world.

Tilok Chand Mehroom

Poets & literary critics like Niaz Fatehpuri, Muhammad Iqbal, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Kaifi Azmi, Josh Malsiani & Ejaz Hussain have admired his poetry.

Yousaf Saleem Chishti

He has very close relations with Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Muhammad Iqbal, he used to attend meetings in Javid Manzil, Lahore (Allama Muhammad Iqbal's residence).

He was an expert on Allama Muhammad Iqbal's work and during 1925 – 1938 he was continuously in his company.

Zinda Rood

Zinda Rood is a 4 volume biographical work of Justice Javed Iqbal on Muhammad Iqbal, the famous Muslim poet-philosopher.


see also