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A poet, philosopher, Islamic scholar, Muhammad Iqbal was a relevant man in each of these genres. For some, he is one really behind the conception of Pakistan; for others, he penned one of the most beautiful and patriotic songs for India – ‘Saare Jahan se Achcha’ for India. Iqbal acted as a bridge between the scientific advancements of the West and the traditional spirituality of the East. He was an ‘Adopter’, that is to say, in his case, one who brings compatibility between the East and the West. His writings and his thought are always evolving and they always propagate democratic equality and liberty. He is against stagnancy because that would signify getting fossilized. The purpose of this paper is to highlight him as a conduit where the inventions and ideas of the Orient and the Occident meet and adapt. For the same, some of his most famous works are taken and analysed using a comparative Close Reading approach.