خودی اور اس کے تربیتی و ارتقائی مراحل: فکر ِاقبال کا توضیحی مطالعہ

Iqbal's Concept of Self (Khudi) and the Stages of Its Upbringing: An Explanatory Study

Abstract

Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) is one of the most significant Muslim scholars of 20^th century. He presented his philosophical interpretation of Islam both in poetry and prose in three languages i.e. Urdu, Persian and English. His theory of Khudi (Self) is the essence of all his intellectual achievements. Under this theory, he has formulated all his intellectual thoughts systematically both in poetry and prose. However, he devoted two books Asraar-e Khudi (The Secrets of Self) and Rumuz-e Bekhudi (The Secrets of Interaction between the individual and society) for the elaboration of this theory. Both books are now part of his Persian poetry collection. His lecture "Human Ego-His Freedom and Immorality" in seminal compilation The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam (1930) is also significant to ascertain this theory. This paper aims to explain the intricacies and complexities of this theory. It has been attempted to understand Iqbal’s theory of Khudi directly from his own sources. This article was initially composed for Iqbal Academy, Lahore in 2000 but not published earlier. It provides a basic understanding of Iqbal's  theory of Khudi and still seems beneficial for general readers.