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ادباء و حکماءِ مغرب کی نظر میں

Abstract

The role of Iqbal for revival of community especially in the domain of literature, religion and politics has not properly been appreciated is the East yet. It has been a tradition in history that when nature wants to revive nation, some genius personalities are born there and same is the case of Iqbal. After a long contemplation about the adverse situation of his nation of Iqbal found the conclusion that is the attitude of self-negation and inaction which caused the nation decay. So, Iqbal stressed in his Asrar-e-Khudi to assert the self and adopt the attitude of action. Since the collective attitude of nation is contrary to it, it is difficult to appreciate this historical and epic making role of Iqbal. It is also an irony that the due appreciation of Iqbal's works has come from the West. Herbert Reed, a famous philosopher, writer and critic of America has appreciated and analyzed the Asrar-e-Khudi in his article published in America newspaper the New Age. Herbert Reed has highlighted main features of Asrar-e-Khudi in his article. He also discussed Iqbal's philosophy of Khudi in perspective of American writer like Whitman. Contrary to contemporary literary trends Iqbal has focused on the development of individual and nation and it was highly appreciated by Herbert Reed which is a way to understand Iqbal for Eastern people.