Iqbal and Nature

A SIMPLE TRANSLATION AND TRANSLITERATION OF SELECTED POEMS ON NATURE FROM KULLIYAT' - AY IQBAL. In the world of current times which is given over to extremes in thoughts and convictions; and where everything is viewed with the lens of "us and them" it is no surprise that a poet like Dr Muhammad Iqbal whose poems were touted as of 'universal relevance' by none other than the giant in Indian literature and noble laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, should be viewed with a prejudiced eye and be deemed insular and preachy. This book is an attempt to highlight how Iqbal thought and reacted like any other poet by presenting poems written by him on nature. To his utmost ability the author of the book has endeavored to select those nature poems from 'Kulliyaat'-ay Iqbal' which represent the poetic wizardry of Iqbal.