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The Legitimacy of Punishment and the Absurdity of Justice
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Muhammad Iqbal
Explores selfhood, Islam, poetry, renewal, freedom, time, and the reconstruction of religious thought under modernity.
“Raise thyself so high that before every destiny God asks what is thy will.”
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The Fragility of Belonging: Deconstructing Community Norms in a Global Age
The Fragility of Belonging: Deconstructing Community Norms in a Global Age
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The Function of Education in Shaping Human Subjects
The Function of Education in Shaping Human Subjects
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The Role of Religion in the Modern Political Sphere
The Role of Religion in the Modern Political Sphere
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Ibn Arabi
Classical
Rumi
Medieval
Hafez
Classical
Muhammad Iqbal
Modern
Thinkers
1165–1240
Ibn Arabi
Explores reality as layered presence, symbol, imagination, love, and divine disclosure.
Islamic Thought · Metaphysics · Poetry
c. 1315–1390
Hafez
Uses beauty, irony, and symbolic intoxication to unsettle hypocrisy and awaken longing.
Islamic Thought · Language & Meaning · Poetry
1207–1273
Rumi
Approaches love, longing, ego, spiritual transformation, poetry, paradox, and the soul’s movement toward union.
Ethics · Islamic Philosophy · Poetry
1877–1938
Muhammad Iqbal
Explores selfhood, Islam, poetry, renewal, freedom, time, and the reconstruction of religious thought under modernity.
Islamic Philosophy · Poetry · Political Philosophy
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The Quest for Selfhood: An Exploration of the Individual in Iqbal’s Thought
Introduction In a world rife with external pressures and societal expectations, the search for selfhood becomes an urgent endeavor. How do we, as individuals,…
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Islamic Philosophy
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Islamic Thought
A curated path through the thinkers, works, and enduring questions gathered in Islamic Thought.
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Religion & Mysticism
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