In reality, life is the name of the ‘search for the self’. And this is the very purpose for which life exists. Self means self-realization. From Iqbal’s perspective, it is khudi (soul). From a Sufi perspective, it is self-realization. When a person recognizes their self, this recognition transforms into the recognition of Allah. In other words, the journey of life is a journey from knowing the self to knowing Allah (Divine gnosis).
