432-Article Text-717-1-10-20200429
432-Article Text-717-1-10-20200429
432-Article Text-717-1-10-20200429
Dr. Azmat Rubab
Assistant Professor, Department of Urdu,
Lahore College For Women University, Lahore.
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.