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FrameworkManifesto Seven Capacities Seven Dispositions

Pathways Philosophy

LibraryThe Reconstruction The Secrets of the Self Bang-e-Dara

Key FiguresMuhammad Iqbal Henri Bergson Immanuel Kant A.N. Whitehead Al-Ghazali Al-Ash’ari Ibn Arabi

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Tadreej Foundation · Canberra, Australia · 2026

Guided pathway

Start with Iqbal

A first doorway into Iqbal, khudi, and Tadreej's intellectual project.

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Purpose

A short guided path for readers who know Iqbal as a name, a poet, or a symbol, but want to begin reading him as a thinker.

Who it is for

First-time Tadreej readers
Students
Diaspora readers
Teachers and mentors looking for a shareable first sequence

By the end

Understand why Tadreej begins with Iqbal
Recognise khudi as a disciplined concept rather than a slogan
Know the difference between reading a quote and entering an argument
Feel ready to begin either Asrar-i Khudi or The Reconstruction

Step sequence

What you will read

You can open any step, but the pathway is designed to be read in order.

Why Iqbal still matters
Meet Iqbal as a thinker
What is khudi?
Self and the universe
The intellect and the heart
Faith and reason
The opening problem of The Reconstruction
Ijtihad, not taqlid
The seven capacities
Checkpoint: What have you entered?

Why Iqbal still mattersBegin with Tadreej's diagnosis: Iqbal is not merely a poet of memory, but a thinker whose questions remain unresolved.
Meet Iqbal as a thinkerMove from Iqbal as a cultural symbol to Iqbal as an intellectual guide.
What is khudi?Understand khudi as selfhood, agency, discipline, and responsibility.
Self and the universeEnter Asrar-i Khudi through the idea that selfhood gives form and direction to life.
The intellect and the heartRead a short poem where Iqbal dramatises different modes of knowing.
Faith and reasonConnect the poem's question to the broader philosophical problem of faith and reason.
The opening problem of The ReconstructionRead the first movement of Iqbal's major philosophical work.
Ijtihad, not taqlidUnderstand why independent reasoning is central to Tadreej's mission.
The seven capacitiesSee how Tadreej translates khudi into concrete intellectual capacities.
Checkpoint: What have you entered?Pause and articulate what Tadreej is inviting you into.

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No prior reading of Iqbal is required.

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