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{{Infobox poem | |||
| name = Khizr-e-Rah | |||
| author = [[Muhammad Iqbal]] | |||
| publication_date = 1924 | |||
| image = file:Iqbal and son Javid in 1930.jpg | |||
| caption = Iqbal and his son Javid Iqbal in 1930 | |||
| image_size = 100 | |||
| country = [[British Raj]] | |||
| original_title = خضرِ راہ | |||
| original_title_lang = ur | |||
| written = 1922 | |||
| first = [[The Call of the Marching Bell]] | |||
| language = Urdu | |||
}} | |||
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{{Use Pakistani English|date=May 2019}} | {{Use Pakistani English|date=May 2019}} | ||
The "'''Khizr-i-Rah'''" ("The | The "'''Khizr-i-Rah'''" ("The Guide of the Path") is a [[poem]] in [[Urdu]] written in 1922 by [[Sir Muhammad Iqbal]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Iftikhar Dadi|title=Modernism and the Art of Muslim South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QbrqCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA74|date=2010-05-15|publisher=Univ of North Carolina Press|isbn=978-0-8078-9596-2|page=74}}</ref> and published in his 1924 collection ''[[The Call of the Marching Bell|Bang-i-dara]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Iqbal Singh Sevea|title=The Political Philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal: Islam and Nationalism in Late Colonial India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VrItm_F6wncC&pg=PA23|date=2012-06-29|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-00886-1|page=23}}</ref> It deals with the subject of the political future of Muslims. The poem is an imaginary conversation between Iqbal and [[Khidr|Khizr]] (The Guide). Iqbal, while sitting alone one night, sees Khizr appear before him who asks him about the cause of his loneliness and restlessness.<ref name="Omar">{{cite journal |last1=Irfan |first1=Omar |title=Khiżr-i Rāh: The Pre-Eminent Guide to Action in Muhammad Iqbal's Thought |journal=Islamic Studies |date=2004 |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=39–50 |jstor=20837324}}</ref> Iqbal tells him about many things he has failed to understand in life and Khizr explains to him the secrets of those things.<ref name="Omar" /> The three main topics of the conversation were "the secret of life", "the Governments" and the "downfall of Muslims". | ||
== See also == | |||
* [[Index of Muhammad Iqbal–related articles]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
Latest revision as of 03:13, 21 December 2025
| by Muhammad Iqbal | |
 Iqbal and his son Javid Iqbal in 1930 | |
| Original title | خضرِ راہ |
|---|---|
| Written | 1922 |
| First published in | The Call of the Marching Bell |
| Country | British Raj |
| Language | Urdu |
| Publication date | 1924 |
The "Khizr-i-Rah" ("The Guide of the Path") is a poem in Urdu written in 1922 by Sir Muhammad Iqbal[1] and published in his 1924 collection Bang-i-dara.[2] It deals with the subject of the political future of Muslims. The poem is an imaginary conversation between Iqbal and Khizr (The Guide). Iqbal, while sitting alone one night, sees Khizr appear before him who asks him about the cause of his loneliness and restlessness.[3] Iqbal tells him about many things he has failed to understand in life and Khizr explains to him the secrets of those things.[3] The three main topics of the conversation were "the secret of life", "the Governments" and the "downfall of Muslims".
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- ↑ Iftikhar Dadi (15 May 2010). Modernism and the Art of Muslim South Asia. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-8078-9596-2.
- ↑ Iqbal Singh Sevea (29 June 2012). The Political Philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal: Islam and Nationalism in Late Colonial India. Cambridge University Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-107-00886-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Irfan, Omar (2004). "Khiżr-i Rāh: The Pre-Eminent Guide to Action in Muhammad Iqbal's Thought". Islamic Studies. 43 (1): 39–50. JSTOR 20837324.
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