''Zarb-i-Kalim'' (or ''The Rod of Moses''; ) is a philosophical poetry book of

Allama Iqbal Muhammad Iqbal (9 November 187721 April 1938) was a South Asian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician. Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...

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, a poet-philosopher from

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. It was published in

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, two years before his death.

Introduction

This is the third collection of Allama Sir

Muhammad Iqbal Muhammad Iqbal (9 November 187721 April 1938) was a South Asian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician. Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...

's poetry, which is described as his political manifesto. It was published with the subtitle "A Declaration of War Against the Present Times."

, who is known as "Poet of the East," argues that modern problems are due to the godlessness, materialism and injustice of modern civilisation, which feeds on the subjugation and exploitation of weak nations, especially the Indian Muslims.

Editions

Its first edition was published in 1935, i.e. just three years before the death of Allama

. After that, various editions were published in

and

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, but the most authentic edition was by the

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, which was published in 2002 in Lahore.

References

External links

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Introduction

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