But the universe, as a collection of finite things, presents itself as a kind of island situated in a pure vacuity to which time, regarded as a series of mutually exclusive moments, is nothing and does nothing.
MUHAMMAD IQBALIt is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes.
More Muhammad Iqbal Quotes
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Islam is itself destiny and will not suffer destiny.
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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.
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The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it.
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I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon.
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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.
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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.
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God is not a mathematical entity or a system of concepts mutually related to one another and having no reference to experience.
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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.
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I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.
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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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It is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes.
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Plants and minerals are bound to predestination. The faithful is only bound to the Divine orders.
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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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Ends and purposes, whether they exist as conscious or subconscious tendencies, form the wrap and woof of our conscious experience.
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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.
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