Expansion of Iqbal's thought in Urdu Poetry: A Research and Critical Review

Abstract

Allama Iqbal is considered among those poet who are the master of thought and the master of message. Undoubtedly, he is one of the creators of the modern area who not only awakened the sleeping nation. With his poetry but also encouraged them to act. It is not an easy task to be fully aware of the expansion of Iqbal’s thought in Iqbalism and the style of Iqbal’s intellectual expansion because both are different from each other in terms of understanding, that is why, the student, teacher, critic and commentator of Iqbal will attain the highest position of understanding Iqbal only when they have access to the source of Iqbal’s thoughts. Therfore, this research article has been limited to the expansion of Iqbal’s thought for which representative poets like Hafeez Jalandhari, Asad Multani and Dr. Syed Qasim Jalal have been sleclted. The reason  is that the expansionary elements of Iqbal’s thoughts are dominant in their whole art and thought. Iqbal’s intellectual expansion can be seen either partially or completely in the style of these poets. For some poets, this intellectual style of expansion is presented in a coherent form, while for others it is uncoordinated. Although the nature of the under_discussed article indicates qualitative research yet it also takes consideration the historical and descriptive method under the theory of necessity so that acceptable conclusions can be drawn in the light of the integration of information, concepts as well as theories and evidence.