The new world is as yetbehind the veil of destinyIn my eyes, howeverits dawn has been unveiled
From love’s plectrum arisesthe song of the string of lifeLove is the light of lifelove is the fire of life
Khuda tujhe kisi toofaan se aashna karde,Ke tere behr ki maujon men iztiraab naheenMay God grant you a storm! The voyage of your life is on too placid an ocean…
Khird-Mandon Se Kya Puchon Ke Meri Ibtida Kya HaiKe Main Iss Fikar Mein Rehta Hun, Meri Intiha Kya HaiWhat should I ask the sages about my origin:I am always wanting to know my goal.
Reh Gyi Rasm-e-Azan, Rooh-e-Bilali Na RahiFalsafa Reh Gya, Talqeen-e-Ghazali Na RahiAzan yet sounds, but never now Like Bilal’s, soulfully;Philosophy, conviction-less, Now mourns its Ghazzali
But only a brief momentis granted to the braveone breath or two, whose wage isThe long nights of the grave.
Be not entangled in this world of days and nights Thou hast another time and space as well.
The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer.
It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self.
I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon.
Yet higher religion, which is only a search for a larger life, is essentially experience and recognized the necessity of experience as its foundation long before science learnt to do so.
Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science.
If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion.
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.
Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture.
But inner experience is only one source of human knowledge.
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.
Another way of judging the value of a prophet’s religious experience, therefore, would be to examine the type of manhood that he has created, and the cultural world that has sprung out of the spirit of his message.
When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry.
Thou art not for the earth, nor for the Heaven the world is for thee, thou art not for the world.
Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.
The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.
If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.
People who have no hold over their process of thinking are likely to be ruined by liberty of thought. If thought is immature, liberty of thought becomes a method of converting men into animals.
The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God.