Bal-e-Jibril (Gabriel's Wing)

by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · 1935 · Urdu

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About the book

Published three years before Iqbal's death, it includes ghazals and long poems such as 'Masjid-e-Qurtuba', written after his 1933 visit to Spain, and 'Saqi Nama'. Its themes are love ('ishq), action and the dignity of the free individual.

Why it matters

Often seen as Iqbal's finest Urdu collection; includes the poem on the Mosque of Córdoba.