Shikwa

Name: Shikwa
Author: Allama Iqbal

by Allama Iqbal

A poem voicing humanity's complaint to God about suffering and injustice in the world

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Allama Iqbal

Philosopher-poet who wrote in both Urdu and Persian and is considered the spiritual father of Pakistan. His vision of a separate Muslim homeland and his poetry of self-awakening (khudi) shaped 20th-century South Asian history.

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