num_pages: 80
description: Though much of Iqbal's best poetry is written in Persian, he is also a poet of colossal stature in Urdu. Shikwa (1909) and Jawab-i-Shikwa (1913) extol the legacy of Islam and its civilising role in history, bemoan the fate of Muslims everywhere, and squarely confront the dilemmas of Islam in modern times. Shikwa is thus, in the form of a complaint to Allah for having let down the Muslims and Jawab-i-Shikwa is Allah's reply to the poet's complaint.
language: English
title: Complaint and Answer: Shikwa and Jawab-i-Shikwa
titlecomplete: Complaint and Answer: Shikwa and Jawab-i-Shikwa
genres: Islam, India, Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality, Poetry, Pakistan, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 769
publisher: Kitab Bhavan