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
Muhammad Iqbal quotes about
Our bread and water are of one table: the progeny of Adam are as a single soul.
Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct.
The religion of that prophet [Karl Marx] who knew not the truth, is founded upon equality of the belly.
Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture.
Words, without power, is mere philosophy.
Another way of judging the value of a prophet's religious experience, therefore, would be to examine the type of manhood that he has created, and the cultural world that has sprung out of the spirit of his message.
Ends and purposes, whether they exist as conscious or subconscious tendencies, form the wrap and woof of our conscious experience.
It is absolutely certain that God does exist.
I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.
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.
I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interest of India and Islam.
In the first period religious life appears as a form of discipline which the individual or a whole people must accept as an unconditional command without any rational understanding of the ultimate meaning and purpose of that command.
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.
The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it.