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.
Interpretation
Religion requires a logical basis for its core beliefs more so than scientific dogmas.
In this quote, Muhammad Iqbal emphasizes the necessity for religion to be grounded in rational and logical principles, suggesting that unlike science, which relies on empirical evidence and rationality, religion often operates on faith alone. Iqbal argues that for religion to be credible and meaningful, it must establish a more robust intellectual framework that can withstand scrutiny and provide a solid foundation for its ultimate beliefs.
In practice
In a discussion about the intersection of science and spirituality, this quote can provide insight.
The revealed and mystic literature of mankind bears ample testimony to the fact that religious experience has been too enduring and dominant in the history of mankind to be rejected as mere illusion. There seems to be no reason, then, to accept the normal level of human experience as fact and reject its other levels as mystical and emotional.
I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon.
let this be our beautiful departure from stagnation; let our minds come alive; enter another dimension; go beyond the stars eagerly struggling to find that... which our naked eyes did not know existed; rise like a falcon born to soar and not be alone but be present amongst others.
The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it.
The wing of the Falcon brings to the king, the wing if the crow brings him to the cemetery.
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.
The senses are a kind of reason. Taste, touch and smell, hearing and seeing, are not merely a means to sensation, enjoyable or otherwise, but they are also a means to knowledge - and are, indeed, your only actual means to knowledge.
To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness.
A man who examines each subject from a philosophical standpoint cannot neglect them: he has to omit nothing, and state the truth about each topic.
Time for you and time for me, And time yet for a hundred indecisions, And for a hundred visions and revisions, Before the taking of a toast and tea.
ORPHAN, n. A living person whom death has deprived of the power of filial ingratitude . . .
Tao invariably takes no action, and yet there is nothing left undone.
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