00:00Allama Muhammad Iqbal was born in 1877 in Sialkot, in present-day Pakistan.
00:07He was a philosopher, poet and political thinker who used poetry to awaken a sleeping nation.
00:13Iqbal studied in Europe, earning degrees in philosophy and law.
00:18His poetry in Urdu and Persian expressed deep spiritual and political ideas,
00:23especially the concept of kudi or selfhood.
00:27He imagined a separate homeland for Muslims in South Asia,
00:31an idea that laid the foundation for Pakistan.
00:35Iqbal's powerful words inspired generations,
00:39and he is remembered today as the spiritual father of Pakistan.
00:43He passed away in 1938, but his vision lives on in poetry, in politics, and in the heart of every Pakistani.
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