What should then be done O people of the East

A book of philosophical poetry in Persian by Muhammad Iqbal, a poet-philosopher of the Indian subcontinent, published in 1936. It combines prose and verse and includes the mathnavi Musafir, an account of a journey to Afghanistan. In it, Iqbal invokes Rumi, who announces the glad tidings that the East awakens from its slumbers (khwab-i ghaflat).

The book offers detailed reflections on voluntary poverty (faqr) and the free man, followed by an exposition of the mysteries of Islamic law (shari'ah) and Sufi perceptions. Iqbal also laments the divisions among the peoples of South Asia and among Muslim nations. In the poem addressed to the people of the Afghan frontier, he counsels them to learn the "secret of Islam" and to build up the self within.