Muhammad Iqbal quotes - page 3

The truth is that the religious and the scientific processes, though involving different methods, are identical in their final aim. Both aim at reaching the most real. (Muhammad Iqbal)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Physiologically less violent and psychologically more suitable to a concrete type of mind. View quote
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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. View quote
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I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interest of India and Islam. View quote
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But the perception of life as an organic unity is a slow achievement, and depends for its growth on a people's entry into the main current of world-events. View quote
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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. View quote
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Shah Alamgir, that high and mighty king, Pride and renown of Gurgan Timur's line, In whom Islam attained a loftier fame And wider honour graced the Prophet's Law, He the last arrow to our quiver left In the affray of Faith with Unbelief; When that the impious seed of heresy, By Akbar nourished, sprang and sprouted fresh In Dara's soul, the candle of the heart Was dimmed in every breast, no more secure Against corruption our Community Continued; then God chose from India That humble-minded warrior, Alamgir, Religion to revive, faith to renew. The lightning of his sword set all ablaze The harvest of impiety; faith's torch Once more its radiance o'er our counsels shed. View quote
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Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy. (Muhammad Iqbal)
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. View quote
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But inner experience is only one source of human knowledge. View quote
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The thought of a limit to perceptual space and time staggers the mind. View quote
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The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is true that we are made of dust. And the world is also made of dust. But the dust has motes rising. View quote
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The standpoint of the man who relies on religious experience for capturing Reality must always remain individual and incommunicable. View quote
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That is why, according to this newer psychology, Christianity has already fulfilled its biological mission, and it is impossible for the modern man to understand its original significance. View quote
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Divine life is in touch with the whole universe on the analogy of the soul's contact with the body. View quote
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Inductive reason, which alone makes man master of his environment, is an achievement; and when once born it must be reinforced by inhibiting the growth of other modes of knowledge. (Muhammad Iqbal)
Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct. View quote
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From love's plectrum arises the song of the string of life Love is the light of life love is the fire of life. View quote
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Muhammad of Arabia ascended the highest Heaven and returned. I swear by God that if I had reached that point, I should never have returned. View quote
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people who have no hold over their process of thinking ara likely to be ruined by liberty of thought. View quote
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