Muhammad Iqbal
Muhammad Iqbal
Sir Muhammad Iqbal, widely known as Allama Iqbal, was a poet, philosopher, and politician, as well as an academic, barrister and scholar in British India who is widely regarded as having inspired the Pakistan Movement. He is called the "Spiritual father of Pakistan". He is considered one of the most important figures in Urdu literature, with literary work in both the Urdu and Persian languages...
NationalityPakistani
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth9 November 1877
CountryPakistan
Why should I ask the wise men: Whence is my beginning? I am busy with the thought: Where will be my end?
Unbeliever is he who follows predestination even if he be Muslim, Faithful is he, if he himself is the Divine Destiny.
The intellect of two thousand asses cannot bring forth a single man's thought.
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.
I tell the truth: your enemy is also your friend-his presence makes your life fuller and richer.
Why hast thou made me born in this country, The inhabitant of which is satisfied with being a slave?
Become dust - and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone - and they will throw thee on glass.
Look at the evils of the world around you and protect yourself from them. Our teachers give all the wrong messages to our youth, since they take away the natural flare from the soul. Take it from me that all knowledge is useless until it is connected with your life, because the purpose of knowledge is nothing but to show you the splendors of yourself!
Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct.
Thus passing through the infinite varieties of space we reach the Divine space which is absolutely free from all dimensions and constitutes the meeting point of all infinities.
If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion.
Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.
The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it.
My ancestors were Brahmins. They spent their lives in search of god. I am spending my life in search of man.