Iranian Secret Thoughts: A Study of Iqbal Lahori's Love of Iran on the Basis of Decoding a Couplet of one of His Ghazals

The aim of thisarticle is to depict the true, scholarly and deep interest of Iqbal Lahori, the great Pakistani poet,in Iranian culture and Persian Language and civilization. First a couplet out of his renown Ghazal composed on Iranians, which represents the works in verse and prose attributed to Iqbal Lahori , is discussed to show that he was well familiar with the Iranian culture and even with some particular symbols in Persian literature.Thenthe five subjectsof religion, philosophy and theology, mysticism, reason and love, and Persian language, which are the most important constituents of the Iranian culturalare explained and discussed in relation to the work of Iqbal Lahori.It is concluded that the Iranian cultural components,rites and traditions are blendedthoroughly with his literary and philosophical books.