Muhammed Iqbal

Muhammed Iqbal[1876-1938]
Muhammed Iqbal was born in 1876. He was a great poet of modern India. Through his poetry he influenced the philosophical and religious outlook of the younger generation of Muslims as well as of Hindus. He emphasized the need for constant change and ceaseless activity. He urged the adoption of a dynamic outlook that would help to change the world. Basically he was a humanist. Nothing was more sinful in his eyes than the passive acceptance of things as they were. He condemned ritualism and other worldly attitude. In his earlier poetry, he extolled patriotism, though later he encouraged Muslim separatism.