Persian Psalms
Zabur-i-Ajam (زبور عجم, Persian Psalms) is a philosophical poetry book, written in
Introduction
Zabur-i Ajam includes the mathnavi Gulshan-i Raz-i Jadid and Bandagi Nama. There are four sections. The first two are sequences of ghazals in the classical form and the other two are single long poems. Iqbal forcefully expresses his inner convictions and urges the reader to advance himself to achieve progress and prosperity by discovering and strengthening the self.
The first of the two longer poems is the Gulshan-i Raz-i Jadid (گلشن راز جدید, "New Garden of Mysteries"). It alludes to the
The subject of the second poem, the Bandagi Nama (بندگینامه, "Book of Servitude") is the loss of freedom, particularly spiritual freedom, of an individual or society, and its consequent evils. It is divided into several sections and touches on the music and other arts of enslaved people, their religious tenets and the art of reconstructing free men.
In Zabur-i Ajam, Iqbal's Persian ghazal is at its best as his Urdu ghazal is in
See also
- Index of Muhammad Iqbal–related articles
- Payam-i-Mashriq
- Javid Nama
- Pas Chih Bayad Kard ay Aqwam-i-Sharq
- Bang-e-Dara
- Bal-e-Jibril
- Asrar-i-Khudi
- Rumuz-e-Bekhudi
- Zarb-i-Kalim
- Armaghan-i-Hijaz
- Zabur
- Ajam
External links
- Read Online at Iqbal Academy site
- Read Online at Iqbal cyber library
- Read English translation by Arthur J. Arberry & Bashir Ahmad Dar at Iqbal Academy site