The Secrets of the Self (Asrar-i Khudi) — A Philosophical...

[36] For the sense which Iqbal attaches to the word “love,” see the Introduction, section 3. The Education of the Ego.

[37] A prophet or saint.

[38] See note 26 on l. 95. Tabríz is an allusion to Shams-i Tabríz, the spiritual director of Jalálu’ddín Rúmí.

[39] Najd, the Highlands of Arabia, is celebrated in love-romance. I need only mention Lailá and Majnún.

[40] Her father, Hátim of Tai, is proverbial in the East for his hospitality.

[41] The story of the pulpit that wept when Mohammed descended from it occurs, I think, in the Masnaví.

[42] When, according to Mohammedan belief, the sun will rise in the west.

[43] A quotation from the Masnaví. The Prophet was buried at Medina.

[44] Báyazíd of Bistám died in a.d. 875. He refused to eat a water-melon, saying he had no assurance that the Prophet had ever tasted that fruit.

[45] Mohammed used to retire to a cave on Mount Hirá, near Mecca, for the purpose of solitary meditation and other ascetic observances.

[46] Lát and Uzzá were goddesses worshipped by the heathen Arabs.

[47] Fárán, name of a mountain in the neighbourhood of Mecca.

[48] Koran, ch. 2, v. 28. In these words, which were addressed to the angels, God foretold the creation of Adam.