Explanation

• Allama Muhammad Iqbal is known as the Poet of the East (Shair-e-Mashriq).
• He is regarded as the National Poet of Pakistan.

Additional information:

• Born: 9 November 1877, Sialkot
• Father: Sheikh Noor Muhammad
• Mother: Imam Bibi
• PhD: Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany (1908)
• Died: 21 April 1938
• Burial Place: Badshahi Mosque, Lahore

Last verified on 10-07-2026

Explanation

Miraj Begum and Aftab Iqbal were the children from Allama Iqbal’s first marriage with Karim Bibi.

First Marriage (Karim Bibi) Child:

1. Miraj Begum (1895–1915)
2. Aftab Iqbal (1899–1979)

Second Marriage (Mukhtar Begum, 1914)

Child:

1. One son (name not clearly documented in most sources)

Note: Both the son and Mukhtar Begum died shortly after childbirth in 1924.

Third Marriage (Sardar Begum) Child:

1. Javed Iqbal (Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan)
2. Muneera Bano

Last verified on 15-06-2026

Explanation

• The eldest son of Allama Muhammad Iqbal was Aftab Iqbal.
• He was born in 1899 from Iqbal’s first wife, Karim Bibi.
• He later became a barrister (lawyer).

Additional information:

• Iqbal’s younger son was Javed Iqbal.
• He was born in 1924 from Iqbal’s third wife, Sardar Begum.
• Javed Iqbal became a judge and philosopher.

Last verified on 14-06-2026

Explanation

Explanation

علامہ اقبال کی بچوں کے لیے لکھی گئی مشہور ترین نظم "بچے کی دعا" ہے۔

اس نظم کا پہلا مصرعہ "لب پہ آتی ہے دعا بن کے تمنا میری" ہے، جو پاکستان کے اسکولوں میں روزانہ صبح کے وقت پڑھی جاتی ہے۔

یہ نظم بچوں میں حب الوطنی اور علم کے حصول کا جذبہ پیدا کرتی ہے۔

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Last updated by NS on 01 MAY 2026