Nations are born in the hearts of poets; they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.Allama Iqbal
“The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.”
“The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.”
— 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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