Plants and minerals are bound to predestination. The faithful is only bound to the Divine orders. Muhammad Iqbal More Quotes by Muhammad Iqbal More Quotes From Muhammad Iqbal The possibility of a scientific treatment of history means a wider experience, a greater maturity of practical reason, and finally a fuller realization of certain basic ideas regarding the nature of life and time. Muhammad Iqbal maturitymeanideas 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. Muhammad Iqbal destinyenergymen 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. Muhammad Iqbal judgingreligiouswould-be I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon. Muhammad Iqbal moonskyblood British physician, West African Countries and Peoples Man's place is higher than the sky. Respect for man is the underlying spirit of civilization. Muhammad Iqbal skymencountry I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry. Muhammad Iqbal poeticinterestpoet But the perception of life as an organic unity is a slow achievement, and depends for its growth on a people's entry into the main current of world-events. Muhammad Iqbal achievementlifepeople 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 Muhammad Iqbal pharaohsalchemistglasses For this group, democracy is an ideology that they do not agree with, this would be dangerous because they want to attack anyone, including officers, with bombs. Muhammad Iqbal us-news
