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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Secrets of the Self canonical 2

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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 ⓘ
centralConcept affirmation of the self ⓘ
creative ego ⓘ
self-realization through God ⓘ
countryOfPublication British India ⓘ
criticizes fatalism ⓘ
passive mysticism ⓘ
EnglishTitle Secrets of the Self ⓘ
followedBy Rumuz-i-Bekhudi ⓘ
linked to: Rumuz-e-Bekhudi
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 ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Asrar-e-Khudi
partOf Iqbal’s khudi trilogy ⓘ
linked to: Asrar-e-Khudi
philosophicalTradition Iqbal’s philosophy of khudi ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
placeOfPublication Lahore ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Asrar-e-Khudi → titleTranslation → Secrets of the Self ⓘ
Secrets of the Self → EnglishTitle → Secrets of the Self ⓘ