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Why should I ask the wise men: Whence is my beginning? I am busy with the thought: Where will be my end?

Muhammad Iqbal

Beginning

End

Will

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

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

Become dust - and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone - and they will throw thee on glass.

Muhammad Iqbal

Will

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

Be not entangled in this world of days and nights; Thou hast another time and space as well.

But only a brief moment is granted to the brave one breath or two, whose wage is the long nights of the grave.

Muhammad Iqbal

Grave

Wage

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

Muhammad Iqbal

Experience

God is not a dead equation!

Muhammad Iqbal

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.

I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.

Muhammad Iqbal

Interest

Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.

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.

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

Muhammad Iqbal