All Muhammad Iqbal Quotes
Be not entangled in this world of days and nights; Thou hast another time and space as well.
Muhammad Iqbal
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Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science.
Muhammad Iqbal
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Why hast thou made me born in this country, The inhabitant of which is satisfied with being a slave?
Muhammad Iqbal
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It is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes.
Muhammad Iqbal
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Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture.
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When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry.
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If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.
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I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.
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Since love first made the breast an instrument Of fierce lamenting, by its flame my heart Was molten to a mirror, like a rose I pluck my breast apart, that I may hang This mirror in your sight.
Muhammad Iqbal
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Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before the faithful, blood before the unbeliever.
Muhammad Iqbal
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Unbeliever is he who follows predestination even if he be Muslim, Faithful is he, if he himself is the Divine Destiny.
Muhammad Iqbal
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Why should I ask the wise men: Whence is my beginning? I am busy with the thought: Where will be my end?
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But only a brief moment is granted to the brave one breath or two, whose wage is the long nights of the grave.
Muhammad Iqbal
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