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> [I have already indicated to you the meaning of the word religion, as applied to Islam. The truth is that Islam is not a Church. It is a State conceived as a contractual organism long before Rousseau ever thought of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/i-have-already-indicated-to-you-the-meaning-of-the-word-religion-as/)

[Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/)

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> [It cannot be denied that Islam, regarded as an ethical ideal plus a certain kind of polity - by which expression I mean a social structure regulated by a legal system and animated by a specific ethical ideal - has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/it-cannot-be-denied-that-islam-regarded-as-an-ethical-ideal-plus-a/)

[Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/)

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## More by Muhammad Iqbal

> [Since love first made the breast an instrument Of fierce lamenting, by its flame my heart Was molten to a mirror, like a rose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/since-love-first-made-the-breast-an-instrument-of-fierce-lamenting-by/)

[Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/)

> [The Ego is partly free. partly determined, and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/the-ego-is-partly-free-partly-determined-and-reaches-fuller-freedom/)

[Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/)

> [I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam, its law…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/i-lead-no-party-i-follow-no-leader-i-have-given-the-best-part-of-my/)

[Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/)

> [We have strayed away from God, and He is in quest of us; Like us, He is humble and is a prisoner of desire:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/we-have-strayed-away-from-god-and-he-is-in-quest-of-us-like-us-he-is/)

[Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/)

> [Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/art-if-the-object-of-poetry-is-to-make-men-then-poetry-is-the-heir-of/)

[Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/)

> [I, therefore, demand the formation of a consolidated Muslim State in the best interest of India and Islam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/i-therefore-demand-the-formation-of-a-consolidated-muslim-state-in/)

[Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/)

> [From your past emerges the present, and from the present is born your future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/from-your-past-emerges-the-present-and-from-the-present-is-born-your/)

[Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/)

> [But inner experience is only one source of human knowledge. But inner experience is only one source of human knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/but-inner-experience-is-only-one-source-of-human-knowledge-but-inner/)

[Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/)

> [The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/the-soul-is-neither-inside-nor-outside-the-body-neither-proximate-to/)

[Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/)

> [The immediacy of mystic experience simply means that we know God just as we know other objects. God is not a mathematical entity or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/the-immediacy-of-mystic-experience-simply-means-that-we-know-god-just/)

[Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/)

> [Sexual self-restraint was only a preliminary stage in the ego's evolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/sexual-self-restraint-was-only-a-preliminary-stage-in-the-ego-s/)

[Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/)

> [I have already indicated to you the meaning of the word religion, as applied to Islam. The truth is that Islam is not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/i-have-already-indicated-to-you-the-meaning-of-the-word-religion-as/)

[Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/)

> [I have never considered myself a poet. Therefore, I am not a rival of anyone, and I do not consider anybody my rival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/i-have-never-considered-myself-a-poet-therefore-i-am-not-a-rival-of/)

[Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/)

> [Life is a struggle and not a matter of privilege. It is nothing but one's knowledge of the temporal and the spiritual world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/life-is-a-struggle-and-not-a-matter-of-privilege-it-is-nothing-but/)

[Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/)

> [It cannot be denied that Islam, regarded as an ethical ideal plus a certain kind of polity - by which expression I mean a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-iqbal/it-cannot-be-denied-that-islam-regarded-as-an-ethical-ideal-plus-a/)

[Muhammad Iqbal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-iqbal/)

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