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 IQBALDivine life is in touch with the whole universe on the analogy of the soul’s contact with the body.
More Muhammad Iqbal Quotes
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Why hast thou made me born in this country, The inhabitant of which is satisfied with being a slave?
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Water before the faithful, blood before the unbeliever.
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God is not a dead equation!
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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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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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Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the world is for thee, thou art not for the world.
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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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The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it.
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Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct.
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Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions…
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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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Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile.
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Islam is itself destiny and will not suffer destiny.
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Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture.
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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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