The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.Allama Iqbal
“Raise your selfhood so high that before every decree of destiny, God Himself asks His servant: 'Tell me, what is your will?'”
“Raise your selfhood so high that before every decree of destiny, God Himself asks His servant: 'Tell me, what is your will?'”
— 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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