Stray Reflection

Stray Reflections

The Private Notebook of Muhammad Iqbal

Also includes: ‘Stray Thoughts’

Edited with Afterword by Dr. Javid Iqbal

Revised and annotated by Khurram Ali Shafique Appendix ‘A Rare Writing of Iqbal’ by Afzal Haq Qarshi

IQBAL ACADEMY PAKISTAN

STRAY REFLECTIONS: THE PRIVATE NOTEBOOK OF MUHAMMAD

IQBAL

First published in 1961 Reprinted in 1987 Second Edition published by Iqbal Academy Pakistan in 1992 Third Edition Published by Iqbal Academy Pakistan in 2006 ã 1961, 1987, 1992 & 2006 Dr. Javid Iqbal Publisher: M. Suheyl Umar, Director, Iqbal Academy Pakistan Ministry of Culture and Sports Aiwan-i-Iqbal, Eagerton Rd, Lahore. Homepage: www.allamaiqbal.com Layout design by Khurram Ali Shafique Supervision: Farrukh Daniyal

For centuries Eastern heart and intellect have been absorbed in the question – Does God exist? I propose to raise a new question – new, that is to say, for the East – Does man exist? Page 180

Nations are born in the hearts of poets; they prosper and die in the hands of politicians. Page 142

Given character and healthy imagination, it is possible to reconstruct this world of sin and misery into a veritable paradise. Page 122

It is idle to seek logical truth in poetry. The ideal of imagination is beauty, not truth. Do not then try to show a poet’s greatness by quoting passages from his works which, in your opinion, embody scientific truth. Page 56

Contents

Note on the Third Edition by Khurram Ali Shafique Stray Reflections, 1910 1. Art 2. The Discovery 3. Human Intellect 4. The Economics of Charity 5. The Existence of God 6. A Dialogue 7. The Satisfaction of Vanity 8. Cruel Psychology 9. The Power of Belief 10. The God of Islam 11. Hegel’s System of Philosophy 12. 15th May 1910 13. Forms of Government 14. Poetry and Logical Truth 15. Personal Immortality 16. History 17. Metaphysics 18. Fanaticism 19. Patriotism 20. Justice 21. Muslim Solidarity 22. The German Nation 23. The Modern Hindu 24. Right and Might...