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

INTRODUCTION

The _Asrár-i Khudí_ was first published at Lahore in 1915. I read it soon afterwards and thought so highly of it that I wrote to Iqbal, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at Cambridge some fifteen years ago, asking leave to prepare an English translation. My proposal was cordially accepted, but in the meantime I found other work to do, which caused the translation to be...