The Ardent Pilgrim: An Introduction to the Life and Work of Mohammed Iqbal

This study of Mohammed Iqbal's poetry seeks to arrive at an understanding of his personality and his relationship to the life of his times. The book provides a graphic, sympathetic yet critical picture of Iqbal's intellectual life. Providing a view of the contemporary political context, the text also meaningfully expresses the pre-Partition ethos, including the character of the Muslim intelligentsia and its dilemmas.