Muhammad Iqbal Quotes

But inner experience is only one source of human k... -Muhammad Iqbal

But inner experience is only one source of human knowledge.

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

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.

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

People who have no hold over their process of thinking are likely to be ruined by liberty of thought. If thought is immature, liberty of thought becomes a method of converting men into animals.

The standpoint of the man who relies on religious experience for capturing Reality must always remain individual and incommunicable.

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.

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

I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interest of India and Islam.

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.

The immediacy of mystic experience simply means that we know God just as we know other objects. God is not a mathematical entity or a system of concepts mutually related to one another and having no reference to experience.

Vision without power does bring moral elevation bu... -Muhammad Iqbal

Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture.

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.

If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poet... -Muhammad Iqbal

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

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This quote suggests that if the purpose of poetry is to shape or influence men's thoughts and behaviors, then poetry holds a similar significance to prophetic writings.

The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mys... -Muhammad Iqbal

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

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.

God is not a dead equation!

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This quote asserts that God is not a lifeless or obsolete concept or belief but rather a living and dynamic reality, challenging the notion of reducing God to a mere equation.

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.

The thought of a limit to perceptual space and tim... -Muhammad Iqbal

The thought of a limit to perceptual space and time staggers the mind.

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This quote reflects on the concept of a limit or boundary to the perception of space and time, suggesting that contemplating such limitations can be mentally overwhelming or astonishing.

The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see somethin... -Muhammad Iqbal

The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.

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This quote reflects on the ego's desire for self-realization and self-expression. It suggests that the true purpose of the ego is not only to observe or witness external phenomena but also to actively engage in becoming something significant or meaningful.

The ultimate purpose of religious life is to make this evolution move in a direction far more important to the destiny of the ego than the moral health of the social fabric which forms his present environment.

I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky,... -Muhammad Iqbal

I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon.

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.

Ends and purposes, whether they exist as conscious or subconscious tendencies, form the wrap and woof of our conscious experience.

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.

If faith is lost, there is no security and there i... -Muhammad Iqbal

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

Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the... -Muhammad Iqbal

Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the world is for thee, thou art not for the world.

It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, I... -Muhammad Iqbal

It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self.

Words, without power, is mere philosophy.

The possibility of a scientific treatment of history means a wider experience, a greater maturity of practical reason, and finally a fuller realization of certain basic ideas regarding the nature of life and time.

Muhammad Iqbal Quotes

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