Iqbal (ra) - The other side

IQBAL (RA) – THE OTHER SIDE!!

IQBAL (RA) – THE OTHER SIDE!!

It is said that there exist two Iqbal (ra), the thinker before and the thinker after who was infused with spirituality as is evident from his zealous poetry.

But the quotes below by Iqbal (ra) still have universal relevance even though in a different context.

“When I Go To The West I See Islam Without Muslims.

But

When I Come Back To The East I See Muslims Without Islam.”

“A community which is inspired by feelings of ill-will towards other communities is low and ignoble. I entertain the highest respect for the customs, laws, religious and social institutions of other communities. Nay, it is my duty, according to the teaching of the Quran, even to defend their places of worship, if need be. Yet I love the communal group which is the source of my life and behaviour; and which has formed me what I am by giving me its religion, its literature, its thought, its culture, and thereby recreating its whole past as a living operative factor, in my present consciousness.”