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Abstract

Religious experience has been a topic of discussion among the scholars of religious sciences. Apart from the intellectual and spiritual significance, the religious experience has also relevance with the self development. Iqbal‟s concept of Khudi or self has also a connection with this theme. In Iqbal‟s thought when the development of self is understood in perspective of religious experience, here contrary to philosophy and poetry, Religion or faith remains neither mere thought, nor mere feeling, nor mere action; it becomes an expression of the whole man. Thus, in the view of religion the universe cannot be regarded as an independent reality standing in opposition to Almighty Allah. According to Iqbal the prayer is a kind or medium to approach religious experience. The act of prayer at its highest is much more than abstract reflection. This article explores that how the religious experience shapes the self and is affected by the nature of self.