Islam is itself destiny and will not suffer destiny.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that Islam shapes the destiny of its followers rather than being subject to the influences of destiny itself.
Muhammad Iqbal articulates the idea that Islam is not just a religion or belief system, but a powerful force that defines the direction and purpose of its adherents' lives. It implies a sense of agency and determination that Islam embodies, positioning it as a guiding principle that actively shapes the individual's destiny instead of merely accepting the forces of fate. This perspective highlights the transformative power of faith in influencing one's life path.
In practice
In a motivational speech about the power of belief and faith.
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 young know how truly difficult and dreadful youth can be. Their youth is wasted on everyone else, that's the horror. The young have no authority, no respect.
In the name of certainty, the greatest crimes have been committed against humanity.
I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce. You can't weigh the soul of a man with a bar of pig-iron.
Capital punishment is against the best judgment of modern criminology and, above all, against the highest expression of love in the nature of God.
Both individuals and societies tell themselves stories to simplify and make sense of the messy chaos of reality.
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