Kuliyat-e-Iqbal Urdu

Iqbal Academy Pakistan

About this app

Sir Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) - Poet Philosopher of Pakistan - was an heir to a very rich literary tradition. He imbibed and assimilated all that was best in the past and present Islamic and Oriental thought and culture. His works, not only in Urdu but also in Persian and English, was powerful.

His poetical works comprising of six Persian and four Urdu books have been collected in complied with the titles Kuliyat-e-Iqbal (Urdu) and Kuliyat-e-Iqbal (Persian).

The Iqbal Academy Pakistan has developed an Application for Android Phones, Tablets, Televisions etc. of Allama Iqbal’s Complete Urdu poetical Works along with English translation. Videos of selected poems are also included in the App.

A user can browse offline definitive text of his complete Urdu poetry i.e. Bang-e-Dara, Bal-e-Jibreel, Zarb-e-Kaleem and Arumghan-e-Hijaz (Urdu) in Nastalique script. By selecting English Translation option, one can also read, copy and share authentic English of entire Urdu works. In addition to search in text bar, a user can also select any word alphabetically from his poetry. The search results show all the verses containing text from search bar or the selected word. These searched verses provide gateway to entire poem, Ghazal, Satirical or the Quatrain as the case may be. One can read, mark and save his favourites and share it by email or social media.

The application also allows the researchers to view Allama Iqbal’s lifetime editions and Iqbal Academy’s published editions of these four books online. The videos also require to connect Youtube.

The App has been developed in-house by the IT Section of the Iqbal Academy Pakistan without involvement of any funding from the Government or any other donor.

Ratings and reviews

Scrolling is difficult... In a long nazm it requires atleast 15-20 scrolls to get to the bottom of the page. And zoom option also requires a lot of pressing to make font bigger. 'Show the transition' option displayed on top of every nazm would be beneficial, dragging the lower bar and opting for the option is time consuming. few things could be learnt from Iqbal Demystified app.. as trans. of full nazm by one click, all Persian works, different fonts etc.