The Book of Eternity
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The Book of Eternity is the English title of Muhammad Iqbal’s philosophical Persian poem "Javid Nama," an allegorical spiritual journey inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Book of Eternity canonical | 1 |
| The Eternal Book | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Persian poem
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allegorical poem ⓘ literary work ⓘ philosophical poem ⓘ |
| aimsTo | depict the soul’s ascent toward higher realities ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Iqbal’s philosophical system
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Islamic modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian literary tradition ⓘ |
| author | Muhammad Iqbal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | traveler on a spiritual journey ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | British India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical literature
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philosophical poetry ⓘ spiritual poetry ⓘ |
| hasAllegoricalElement |
moral and spiritual lessons
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otherworldly realms ⓘ symbolic characters ⓘ |
| hasForm | narrative poem ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
Muslim intellectual perspective
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anti-fatalistic view of destiny ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Islamic philosophy
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Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ cosmology ⓘ eternity ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ moral development ⓘ mysticism ⓘ selfhood ⓘ spiritual ascent ⓘ spiritual journey ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Dante’s Divine Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Persian ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poem ⓘ |
| literaryInfluence | Dante Alighieri’s works ⓘ |
| movement | Iqbal’s reconstruction of religious thought in Islam ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | visionary journey through spiritual realms ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Persian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Javid Nama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext |
Islamic philosophy of self (khudi)
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concept of eternity in Iqbal’s thought ⓘ |
| relatedAuthor |
Dante Alighieri
NERFINISHED
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Muhammad Iqbal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Dante’s Divine Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | allegorical journey ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | The Book of Eternity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
The Eternal Book