43 ordspråk av Muhammad Iqbal
Muhammad Iqbal
Art is a sacred lie
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Be not entangled in this world of days and nights; Thou hast another time and space as well.
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Become dust - and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone - and they will throw thee on glass.
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But to rationalize faith is not to admit the superiority of philosophy over religion.
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Conviction: Conviction enabled Abraham to wade into the fire; Conviction is an intoxicant which makes men self sacrificing; Know you, Oh victims of modern civilization!
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Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before the faithful, blood before the unbeliever.
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Ends and purposes, whether they exist as conscious or subconscious tendencies, form the wrap and woof of our conscious experience.
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God is not a dead equation!
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I am a hidden meaning made to defy. The grasp of words, and walk away With free will and destiny. As living, revolutionary clay.
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I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.
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I have never considered myself a poet. Therefore, I am not a rival of anyone, and I do not consider anybody my rival.
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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.
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I tell you the sign of a believer; When Death comes, there is a smile on his lips.
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I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interest of India and Islam.
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If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion.
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