Bal-I-Jibril ( Gabriel\'s Wing; published in Urdu, 1935) was a philosophical poetry book of Allama Iqbal, the great South Asian poet-philosopher, and the national poet of Pakistan.
He is called the "Spiritual Father of Pakistan."He is considered one of the most important figures in Urdu literature, with literary work in both Urdu and Persian.
About the Author: Muhammad Iqbal (November 9, 1877 - April 21, 1938), widely known as Allama Iqbal, was a poet, philosopher, and politician, as well as an academic, barrister and scholar in British India who is widely regarded as having inspired the Pakistan Movement.
The poet recalls the past glory of Muslims as he deals with contemporary political problems.
The work contains 15 ghazals addressed to God and 61 ghazals and 22 quatrains dealing the ego, faith, love, knowledge, the intellect and freedom.
Some of the verses had been written when Iqbal visited Britain, Italy, Egypt, Palestine, France, Spain and Afghanistan, including one of Iqbal\'s best known poems The Mosque of Cordoba.
Bal-I-Jibril ( Gabriel\'s Wing; published in Urdu, 1935) was a philosophical poetry book of Allama Iqbal, the great South Asian poet-philosopher, and the national poet of Pakistan
