Secrets of the Self

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Secrets of the Self is a philosophical poetry book by Muhammad Iqbal that explores the development of the self and spiritual individuality within an Islamic framework.

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instanceOf Islamic philosophical literature
philosophical work
poetry book
advocates active engagement with the world
moral and spiritual self-discipline
associatedWith Allama Iqbal’s reconstruction of religious thought in Islam
author Muhammad Iqbal NERFINISHED
centralConcept affirmation of the self
creative ego
self-realization through God
countryOfPublication British India NERFINISHED
criticizes fatalism
passive mysticism
EnglishTitle Secrets of the Self NERFINISHED
followedBy Rumuz-i-Bekhudi NERFINISHED
form poetry
genre Sufi poetry
didactic poetry
philosophical poetry
hasSubject ethical self-cultivation
relationship between individual and God
influenced South Asian Muslim identity discourse
modern Muslim intellectual thought
influencedBy Qur’anic concepts of the self
Rumi NERFINISHED
Sufism NERFINISHED
language Persian
literaryMovement modern Islamic revival
mainTheme development of the self
khudi (selfhood)
selfhood in an Islamic framework
spiritual individuality
notableFeature combines poetry with philosophical argument
presents a dynamic concept of personality
uses symbolic and allegorical narratives
originalLanguage Persian
originalTitle Asrar-i-Khudi NERFINISHED
partOf Iqbal’s khudi trilogy NERFINISHED
philosophicalTradition Iqbal’s philosophy of khudi
Islamic philosophy
placeOfPublication Lahore NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1915
religiousContext Islam
setting early 20th-century Muslim world
structure masnavi (rhyming couplets)
targetAudience Muslim intellectuals
spiritually inclined readers
translatedInto English
translator Reynold A. Nicholson NERFINISHED

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Asrar-e-Khudi titleTranslation Secrets of the Self