The immediacy of mystic experience simply means that we know God just as we know other objects. God is not a mathematical entity or a system of concepts mutually related to one another and having no reference to experience. Muhammad Iqbal conceptentityexperience share on social
But the universe, as a collection of finite things, presents itself as a kind of island situated in a pure vacuity to which time, regarded as a series of mutually exclusive moments, is nothing and does nothing. Muhammad Iqbal collectionexclusivefinite share on social
The truth is that the religious and the scientific processes, though involving different methods, are identical in their final aim. Both aim at reaching the most real. Muhammad Iqbal aimfinalidentical Change image and share on social
But only a brief moment is granted to the brave one breath or two, whose wage is the long nights of the grave. Muhammad Iqbal bravebreathgrant Change image and share on social
The standpoint of the man who relies on religious experience for capturing Reality must always remain individual and incommunicable. Muhammad Iqbal captureexperienceincommunicable Change image and share on social
I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam, its law and polity, its culture, its history and its literature. Muhammad Iqbal carefulculturefollow Change image and share on social
But the perception of life as an organic unity is a slow achievement, and depends for its growth on a people's entry into the main current of world-events. Muhammad Iqbal achievementcurrentdepend Change image and share on social
Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before the faithful, blood before the unbeliever. Muhammad Iqbal bloodchaindestiny Change image and share on social
Inductive reason, which alone makes man master of his environment, is an achievement; and when once born it must be reinforced by inhibiting the growth of other modes of knowledge. Muhammad Iqbal achievementbearenvironment Change image and share on social
It may, however, be said that the level of experience to which concepts are inapplicable cannot yield any knowledge of a universal character, for concepts alone are capable of being socialized. Muhammad Iqbal capablecharacterconcept Change image and share on social