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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.

Muhammad Iqbal

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Muhammad Iqbal
Age: 60 †
Born: 1877
Born: November 9
Died: 1938
Died: April 21
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The wing of the Falcon brings to the king, the wing if the crow brings him to the cemetery.
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It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self.
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The standpoint of the man who relies on religious experience for capturing Reality must always remain individual and incommunicable.
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Ends and purposes, whether they exist as conscious or subconscious tendencies, form the wrap and woof of our conscious experience.
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