اقبال کی شاعری کے پانچ ادوار

  • Dr. Azmat Rubab

Abstract

Allama Iqbal is one of the greatest poets of Urdu literature. His poetry shows a continuous evolution in thought, content and form. He expressed himself in both Urdu and Persian languages. When his first Urdu book of poetry "Baang e Draa" was published, its introduction was written by sheikh Sir Abdul Qadir, a pioneer of Modern Urdu Literature and editor of "Makhzan". He divided Iqbal's poetry in three phases according to the three parts of poetry in Baang e Draa. Since then Urdu Critics have been dividing Iqbal's poetry in three parts but they forget that Baang e Draa was published in 1924. He wrote and published more Urdu poetry after that in "Baal e Jibreel", "Zarb e Kaleem" and "Armaghaan e Hijaaz" and show different phases of his poetry in diction, thought and form. These books were not taken into account by Sir Abdul Qadir. Now Dr. Azmat Rubab reviews the entire poetic works of Iqbal and indicates that there are 5 phases in Iqbal's Poetry.