Javid Nama

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Javid Nama is a philosophical Persian epic poem by Allama Muhammad Iqbal that explores spiritual journey, selfhood, and the destiny of the Muslim world through an allegorical celestial voyage.

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Javid Nama canonical 1
جاوید نامہ 1

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instanceOf Persian epic poem
allegorical poem
philosophical poem
author Allama Muhammad Iqbal
Muhammad Iqbal
centralConcept eternity of the self
moral and spiritual reconstruction of humanity
countryOfOrigin British India
dedicatedTo Javid Iqbal
featuresCharacter Buddha
linked to: Shakyamuni Buddha

Hallaj
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
linked to: Avicenna

Mirza Ghalib
Nietzsche
linked to: Friedrich Nietzsche

Zoroaster
genre Islamic literature
Sufi literature
philosophical literature
guideCharacter Jalal ad-Din Rumi
linked to: Rumi
hasTranslation English
Other languages
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
inspiredBy Divine Comedy
Mi'raj (Prophet Muhammad's ascension)
language Persian
literaryForm masnavi
literaryMovement Islamic modernism
mainCharacter the Poet (Iqbal)
meter mathnawi
narrativeDevice allegorical celestial voyage
notableEnglishTranslator A. J. Arberry
originalTitle جاوید نامہ
linked to: Javid Nama
partOf Iqbal's Persian works
philosophicalContext Iqbal's philosophy of khudi
placeAssociatedWith Lahore
religiousContext Islam
Sufism
structure celestial journey through the heavens
theme critique of Western materialism
destiny of the Muslim world
khudi (selfhood) philosophy
mystical experience
revival of Islamic civilization
selfhood
spiritual journey
translatedTitle The Book of Eternity
The Eternal Book
yearPublished 1932
yearWritten 1932

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Javid Nama originalTitle جاوید نامہ
linked to: Javid Nama