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In the first period religious life appears as a form of discipline which the individual or a whole people must accept as an unconditional command without any rational understanding of the ultimate meaning and purpose of that command.

Muhammad Iqbal

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Muhammad Iqbal
Age: 60 †
Born: 1877
Born: November 9
Died: 1938
Died: April 21
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