Iqbal was the first poet in Urdu who not only had the background of modern English education but also got educated in Western universities. His stay in Europe brought about radical changes in his thought and perception. His world-view underwent a sea change. When he had sailed for Europe he was content with writing poems that were either replete with nationalist sentiments or with poetic description of natural phenomena in the tradition of the Romantics. In Europe he confronted a totally new world that was striving, with considerable success, to enslave nature. He got to know the fresh socio-economic-political ideas that were prevalent in Europe. The Bolshevik Revolution was to come about barely a decade after his arrival in England. He could also discern the ugly designs of European. Iqbal was the first poet in Urdu who not only had the background of 

modern English education but also got educated in Western universities. His stay in Europe brought about radical changes in his thought and perception. His world-view underwent a sea change. When he had sailed for Europe he was content with writing poems that were either replete with nationalist sentiments or with poetic description of natural phenomena in the tradition of the Romantics. In Europe he confronted a totally new world that was striving, with considerable success, to enslave nature. He got to know the fresh socio-economic-political ideas that were prevalent in Europe. The Bolshevik Revolution was to come about barely a decade after his arrival in England. He could also discern the ugly designs of European imperialism, in particular, against the Islamic world. It explains the thematic-ideological shift in his poetry from nationalism to a liberal-progressive interpretation of Islam.