Allama Muhammad Iqbal

Known for

Urdu and Persian poetry on selfhood (Khudi) and Muslim revival

Biography

Poet, barrister and philosopher educated in Lahore, Cambridge and Munich, regarded as the national poet of Pakistan and the spiritual father of the idea of Pakistan.

A well-known line

"Khudi ko kar buland itna ke har taqdeer se pehle, Khuda bande se khud pooche, bata teri raza kya hai"

Major works

• Bang-e-Dra
• Bal-e-Jibril
• Zarb-e-Kalim
• Asrar-e-Khudi