Sundas Tariq2025-08-212025-08-212018https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/4972The aim of this study about “Iqbal’s paradigm of Shaheen (Eagle); an unusual character leading towards the realm of possibilities” is to graphically highlight the significance of extraordinary potentials present in the character Shaheen. Basically Shaheen is an artistic and a symbolic term used by Iqbal in his poetry. It stands for courage, self-respect, purity of soul, devotion, continuous struggle and endurance, prestige, self-control and self-reliance. Iqbal replaced this word with different terms and names in his poetry according to the reference and context like, Mard-e-Mujahid, Derwaish, Qalander, Faqeer and Tahir-e-Lahuti. Each and every term used by Iqbal in his poetry has bottomless wisdoms and attributes. Iqbal associated this character with youth and choose an incomparable and graceful way to convey his message. A lots of books, journals, articles has been studied, sessions and seminars have been conducted for research purpose. After passing through rigorous research, the researcher has discovered about treasures and extraordinary spiritual powers found in the character of Shaheen. The main objective is to determine secretes of self-discovery, and activation of these spiritual forces acting inside the human body. The implementation of these forces on an individual character and then as a collective accountability. Most significantly the study will open the doors of quest and discovery and introduce oneself with its purpose of life and its status in this universe. A strong character of youth is supposed to emerged in the society which leads to the world of possibilities on the basis of power of his strong belief, activation of spiritual forces, Khudi (self-discovery), self-control, the way of Faqar and finally the essence of all spiritual forces ISHQ (divine love). It leads towards the world of miracles, where a man becomes a destiny maker.en-USThesis