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a contemporary study of The Devil’s Advisory Council by Muhammad Iqbal. Together, we will explore this powerful work and draw lessons from it for our world today.
Iqbal’s insights remain strikingly relevant, offering a deep lens to understand modern ideologies, power structures, and the spiritual challenges of our time.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:16 Introducing Iqbal’s Poem
01:17 Context and Poetic License
03:47 Sapiens Academy Announcement
04:54 Iqbal’s Background and Works
07:44 Overview of the Devil’s Advisory Council
10:11 Iblis in the Islamic Tradition
15:12 Dynamic Between Iblis and Adam
19:51 Iblis’s First Address
26:18 Imperialism and Secularism
40:37 Fatalism vs. Free Will
50:08 Iblis Boasts of His Firestorm
51:50 Summary of Iblis’s Strategy
55:06 Sapiens Academy Details
01:03:11 Contemporary Challenges
01:10:22 Philosophy of Khudi