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Leicht lichtver�ert / Lagerspuren, 5 Seiten mit Bleistiftunterstreichungen, ansonsten innen gut und sauber / Slightly light-altered / storage marks, 5 pages with pencil underlining, otherwise internally good and clean. - Twentyfive years ago, at the time of the twentyfifth anniversary of Allama Iqbal's death Gabriel�s Wing was published in Leiden. It has taken another twentyfive years to bring out a reprint edition which, as I hope, will be useful for Pakistani and Non-Pakistani readers. It goes without saying that during the last quarter of a Century much has been written about Iqbal, beginning from the extensive biography in Urdu published by Dr. Javid Iqbal. The number of articles and books about the great poet philosopher has grown tremendously, with contents varying according to the literary, political, and social stances of each author. Despite this plethora of material I hope that the present book will still retain its value as it tries to put Iqbal into the framework of the general history of religions which enables us to see him as one of the most fascinating figures, if not the most original Muslim thinker and poet in the twentieth Century.