The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.Allama Iqbal
“Nations are born in the hearts of poets; they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.”
“Nations are born in the hearts of poets; they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.”
— ALLAMA IQBAL
Poet and philosopher · 1877 – 1938
Sir Muhammad Iqbal, known as Allama Iqbal, was a poet-philosopher of British India who wrote in Urdu and Persian. His poetry, including Shikwa and the philosophy of Khudi (selfhood), stirred a generation to self-respect and action. He is honoured as the national poet of Pakistan.
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