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Muhammad Iqbal

09-Nov-1877

Pakistan

Poet

Best known as the ‘spiritual father of Pakistan’, Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a well-known poet, philosopher, political lawyer, and politician of Lahore, British India. As a result of his great work in Urdu and Persian Literature, he was nicknamed the ‘Oriental Poet’. Iqbal co-authored the ‘T Nation Nation Theory’ which eventually led to the division of India and Pakistan. He was a prominent member of the All-India Muslim Leauge, and his famous speech at the Allahabad conference was widely regarded as the moment when the construction of Pakistan began. Together with Jinnah, he led the goals of establishing the Pakistan Movement. Some of his outstanding works include Asrar-e-Khudi, Rumuz-e-Bekhudi, Payam-e-Mashriq, Zabur-e-Ajam and Javed Nama. He was also the author of the popular Indian song ‘Saare Jahan se Achha’. Iqbal was crowned king by King George V in 1922, who gave him the nickname ‘Sir’. We have collected the most famous Iqbal quotes from his speeches, essays, poems, books etc. Let us pass you on to these quotes from Father of Pakistan.

QUOTES BY Muhammad Iqbal

People who have no hold over their process of thinking ara likely to be ruined by liberty of thought.

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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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Islam is itself destiny and will not suffer destiny.

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Failure is not fatal until we surrender trying again is the key of glorious victory

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

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The alchemist of the West has turned stone into glass But my alchemy has transmuted glass into flint Pharaohs of today have stalked me in vain

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

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Words, without power, is mere philosophy.

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

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An idiot with a plan can beat a genius without a plan

I’m a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles.

Courage doesn’t always roar.

I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18.

It’s pain that changes our lives.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.

Appreciation is an excellent thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us, as well.

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