Symbolic Portrait of women in Iqbal’s Poetry

Abstract

In the long history of humanity, women folk have always been considered as an inferior creature. They have been looked upon mere non-entity. It was questioned that whether she has got a soul or not? If having a soul, whether it is human or animal? ---- However the answer to all such question have been so funny that a common man today cannot help but to laugh. Contrary to this, Islam for the first time in the history gave recognition to women as human being, having the same rights as of man. But during the present time some people still consider that Muslim scholars and especially Allama Iqbal has mentioned about her in a casual manner. In this article, an effort has been made to study that how Allama Iqbal has highlighted the women folk in his poetry. Further she has also been symbolically given a very high and creditable status.