اسرارِ خودی: طبع اوّل

(آغاز، ترامیم اور تحذیفات)

Abstract

Iqbal's letter to Attiya Begum shoes that Asrar-e-Khudi was written under the motivation of his father Sheikh Noor Muhammad. However, this was not the only motive. Iqbal's intellectual development, contemporary circumstances and Iqbal's urge to revive his nation were also major factors which made the appearance of this book possible. To improve the literary standard of Asrar-e-Khudi and to make the expression of its contents more and more he was in contact with Molana Garami. When the preparation of book was under process, three names were proposed. However the Asrar-e-Khudi was adopted. The three existing manuscripts of Asrar-e-Khudi show that the text of the book was going through many changes. Many additions, amendments and omissions were made in various additions. This article gives the details of all these changes and other publication details of the first publication of Asrar-e-Khudi.