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Work #1216 · Late

Javid Nama (Book of Eternity)

Muhammad Iqbal
1932 · Persian
Persian masnavi / Heavenly-journey philosophical poetry · Persian classical poetry / Islamic philosophy / Iqbal's philosophy of self

Iqbal's 1932 Persian masnavi — heavenly-journey poem in the tradition of Dante and Rumi

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Attribute Javid Nama (Book of Eternity) (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Non-Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Bi-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Curved
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Non-Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Non-Local
Observer · Time Instance Multiple
Observer · Space Instance Multiple
Observer · Knowledge Extent Total
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Javid Nama (Book of Eternity)

The 1932 late-colonial moment; the heavenly-mythological time of the journey.

Space

Javid Nama (Book of Eternity)

The heavenly-spheres geography of the journey; the late-colonial South Asian Muslim setting.

Matter

Javid Nama (Book of Eternity)

The embodied Iqbal and Rumi as poetic-philosophical pilgrims.

Observer

Javid Nama (Book of Eternity)

Iqbal-as-pilgrim and the reader as participant-observers.

Energy

Javid Nama (Book of Eternity)

The mystical-poetic-philosophical energies of the heavenly journey.

Information

Javid Nama (Book of Eternity)

The Persian-poetic-philosophical content of the most ambitious Iqbalian work.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Javid Nama (Book of Eternity)

Javid Nama has been variously assessed — defenders see major late-Iqbal philosophical-poetic achievement comparable in ambition to Dante; mainstream Western literary-criticism has largely overlooked it.