134 Quotes by Muhammad Iqbal

Khuda tujhe kisi toofaan se aashna karde,Ke tere behr ki maujon men iztiraab naheenMay God grant you a storm! The voyage of your life is on too placid an ocean…

Khird-Mandon Se Kya Puchon Ke Meri Ibtida Kya HaiKe Main Iss Fikar Mein Rehta Hun, Meri Intiha Kya HaiWhat should I ask the sages about my origin:I am always wanting to know my goal.

Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions, and learn to determine the value of your individual and collective action, however directed on material ends, in the light of the ideal which you are supposed to represent. Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity.

Although rare, even to this daysuch are found in this community.Who do their wudu using the tears theyshed during their predawn supplications.

But only a brief momentis granted to the braveone breath or two, whose wage isThe long nights of the grave.

إن موت الحر في ذلته...وحياة الحر في عزته

You remember what Goethe said in the moment of his death [...] 'More light.' Death opens up the way to more light, and carries us to those regions where we stand face to face with eternal Beauty and Truth. I remember the time when I read Goethe's poems with you, and I hope you also remember those happy days when we were so near to each other spiritually speaking.Iqbals Briefwechsel mit Emma Wegenast (S. 45, Iqbal and Goethe, Christina Oesterheld)

فأمل الخير وصابر لا تمل...إنما الدنيا رجاء وعملوقضاء الله عون الآملين...وهو في عون الأباة العاملينلا يرد الله قلبا آملا...لا يرد الله عبدا عاملا

إنما العابد من خاض الحياة...موضحا فيه سبيلا للنجاةآخذ بالعدل ما عنه حول...ذاكرا مولاه في كل عمل