Studying the extent to which the poet Iqbal Lahori was influenced by the ideas of Iranian poets and Sufis

Abstract

There is no doubt that Llama Muhammad Iqbal Lahori is one of the greatest bilingual poets in the Indian and Pakistani subcontinents, and Persian poetry and literature had a great influence on the development of his personality and creativity. As a result of his education in Persian poetry and literature, and his upbringing in the school of great poets such as Al-Firdosi, Wasnai, Wahafiz, and Malay, etc., Iqbal Man was able to compose beautiful songs in the form of masnavis, ghazals, and quatrains, which reflect the poet's thoughts and intellectual perceptions. Of course, Rumi had a great contribution and direct influence on Iqbal, but in this article, the focus is more on Maulvi. Therefore, the research in the poems of Iqbal shows that there are many similarities between the poems of Iqbal and Rumi, which make these two poets closer to each other. Because Iqbal was influenced by Rumi in the structure and content of the poem, and he took many of my thoughts, and the power of nature and the capacity of scholars, and expressed them in an innovative way suitable for the present era. Kan al-Mathnavi al-Rouhi by Moulana and Diwan Shams al-Ghazliat are the main references for Iqbal in reaching al-Rumi's thoughts. In this article, the theme of analyzing and evaluating the influence of Iqbal Lahori on the works and thoughts of the great poets of Iran using the method of Al-Analyz al-Maqaran. And the results obtained show that Iqbal was influenced by the great works and thoughts of Iranian poets and mystics, especially Maulana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi.