3. • Allama Iqbal
stands alone in the
post classical
period of Islamic
philosophy as a
reviver of the
discipline within
the Muslim world.
4. Philosophy of Iqbal
• He is the only Islamic
philosopher to make a serious
attempt at grabbling with the
problems of modern western
philosophy within an Islamic
context.
5. Philosophy of Iqbal
• His philosophical
position was articulated
in The Reconstruction of
Religious Thought in
Islam (1934), a volume
based on six lectures
delivered at Madras.
6. Philosophy of Iqbal
• In Reconstruction, Iqbal called for
a re-examination of the
intellectual foundations
of Islamic philosophy. The book is
a major work of modern Islamic
thought.