Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "اقبال لاهوری" in Persian language version.
"Iqbal it is true, is essentially a poet of Islam … the Islam which provided a new light of thought and learning to the world, and of heroic action and glorious deeds. He was devoted to the Prophet (PBUH) and believe his message." (from the foreword by Rafiq Zakaria, p. 9)
Iqbal was elected to the Punjab Legislative Council in 1927 and held various posts both in the All-India Muslim League and the Punjab Provincial Muslim League.
Muhammad Iqbal, South Asian poet and ideological innovator, wrote poetry in Urdu and Persian and discursive prose, primarily in English, of particular significance in the formulation of a national ethos for Pakistan.