Quotes from Muhammad Iqbal

Islam is itself destiny and will not suffer destiny.

Words, without power, is mere philosophy.

When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry.

Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.

The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God.

It is absolutely certain that God does exist.

A community receives light from its history, it becomes aware of itself by remembrance of its history.

Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.

I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.

The possessor of a sound heart puts to test his power by entering into big adventures.

The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer.

The religion of that prophet [Karl Marx] who knew not the truth, is founded upon equality of the belly.

Yet higher religion, which is only a search for a larger life, is essentially experience and recognized the necessity of experience as its foundation long before science learnt to do so.

It may, however, be said that the level of experience to which concepts are inapplicable cannot yield any knowledge of a universal character, for concepts alone are capable of being socialized.

If one cannot live the life of the brave, then it is better to die like the brave.

If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion.

I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam, its law and polity, its culture, its history and its literature.

Preserve your history and become everlasting; receive new life from the times that have gone by.

Plants and minerals are bound to predestination. The faithful is only bound to the Divine orders.

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 you the sign of a believer; When Death comes, there is a smile on his lips

Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions... Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity.

Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct.

Life is a struggle and not a matter of privilege. It is nothing but one's knowledge of the temporal and the spiritual world.