{"product_id":"the-secrets-of-the-self-asrar-i-khudi","title":"The Secrets of the Self (Asrar-i Khudi)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Secrets of the Self (Asrar-i Khudi)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy Muhammad Iqbal (trans. Reynold A. Nicholson)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Secrets of the Self is the first major philosophical poem of Muhammad Iqbal, the poet-philosopher who became the intellectual father of Pakistan. Composed in Persian in 1915, it lays out Iqbal's central concept of khudi (selfhood) — a call for the individual and the Muslim community to develop strength, will, and creative selfhood rather than the passive self-negation he associated with certain strands of Sufi quietism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition is the landmark 1920 English translation by Reynold A. Nicholson, the Cambridge orientalist whose rendering introduced Iqbal's thought to Western readers and remains the standard English version of the poem. Nicholson's extensive introduction and notes situate the work within Islamic philosophy and the intellectual currents of early 20th-century India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA public-domain work, offered as a free digital edition by Nile Book Store.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.04em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8b7355;margin:26px 0 10px 0;\"\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"border-left:3px solid #c9a25a;margin:0;padding:2px 0 2px 18px;font-style:italic;color:#3a332a;line-height:1.6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the world-illuming sun rushed upon Night like a brigand,\u003cbr\u003eMy weeping bedewed the face of the rose.\u003cbr\u003eMy tears washed away sleep from the eye of the narcissus,\u003cbr\u003eMy passion wakened the grass and made it grow.\u003cbr\u003eThe Gardener taught me to sing with power,\u003cbr\u003eHe sowed a verse and reaped a sword.\u003cbr\u003eIn the soil he planted only the seed of my tears\u003cbr\u003eAnd wove my lament with the garden, as warp and woof.\u003cbr\u003eTho' I am but a mote, the radiant sun is mine:\u003cbr\u003eWithin my bosom are a hundred dawns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Muhammad Iqbal","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":50144747716856,"sku":"EN-57317","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/4798\/0280\/files\/leonardo_57317_secrets-of-the-self_final.jpg?v=1786510952","url":"https:\/\/nilebookstore.com\/ar\/products\/the-secrets-of-the-self-asrar-i-khudi","provider":"Nile Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}