Khudī, the self, is the central idea of the poet-philosopher Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938). Against what he saw as a passive mysticism of annihilation, he held that the ego should be developed and affirmed, becoming more fully itself as it draws nearer to God, the ultimate Ego.
Khudī
Selfhood: Muhammad Iqbal’s teaching that the self is to be strengthened, not dissolved, in relation to God.
Also: Khudi, selfhood