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For nearly a century, the soul-stirring verses of Allama Muhammad Iqbal —collectively known as Kalam e Mahmood (referring to his pen name, Iqbal, meaning "Prosperity")—have served as a spiritual and intellectual beacon for Muslims worldwide. Often called the Poet of the East (Shair-e-Mashriq) and the Thinker of Pakistan (Mufakkir-e-Pakistan), Iqbal’s poetry is not merely lyrical beauty; it is a philosophical call to action, a critique of Western materialism, and a revival of Islamic selfhood ( Khudi ). Because one hundred years later, Iqbal is still asking