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I have never considered myself a poet. Therefore, I am not a rival of anyone, and I do not consider anybody my rival.

Muhammad Iqbal

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