النّثر العظيم للشّاعر العظيم

Abstract

Allama Muhammad Iqbal, as a multidimensional personality made his mark in many branches of knowledge such as philosophy and politics, economics and society, spiritualism and jurisprudence. The versatility of his thoughts is reflected in his compositions and prose. The poet of the east made use of his creative poetic skills and prose so as to acquaint others with his innovative notions. Allama Iqbal used poetry as a mean of conveying his thoughts to the people as poetry being the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings is more appealing than prose in many aspects. The prose of the celebrated poet is also so rich and its diction is so grand, he would definitely have been alive in the history of literature through his prose. The present article analyzes some salient features of Allama Iqbal‟s prose.