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The meaning of Iblees in Iqbal's poetry

Abstract

The fall of man from heaven remained a popular subject of literature, specially poetry. In Milton’s “Paradise Lost” Satan became one of the main characters of his epic. Allama Muhammad Iqbal, as poet, not only experimented in the metres of urdu poetry but also changed the conventional meanings of many things. Iqbal took Iblees’s revolt in positive way. In his poetry, Satan potrayed as courageous and proud person. He did not treat him as villain but a source of inspiration for man. After his refusal to prostrate before Adam, he did not reconcile with Almighty rather decided to carry on his struggle to revenge against humanity. Iblees challenged the man to work hard. Iqbal urges the man to take lesson from Satan because evil is also an eternal part of the life. In this article, efforts have been made to explore the conception of “Iblees” in Iqbal’s poetry.