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.
Winds flap the sail, tortoise and snake are silent, a great plan looms. A bridge will fly over this moat dug by heaven and be a road from north to south. We will make a stone wall against the upper river to the west and hold back steamy clouds and rain of Wu peaks. Over tall chasms will be a calm lake, and if the goddess of these mountains is not dead she will marvel at the changed world.
All of the Antilles, every island, is an effort of memory: every mind, every racial biography culminating in amnesia and fog. Pieces of sunlight through the fog and sudden rainbows, arcs-en-ciel. That is the effort, the labour of the Antillean imagination, rebuilding its gods from bamboo frames, phrase by phrase.
Enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil before the worst amongst you are given authority over you and then when even the best of you make dua against them, their duas will not be accepted.
I think that certainty is a closed door, It's the end of the conversation. Doubt is an open door.
It is through generous giving, that we affirm before the world, our nation's faith in the inalienable right of every man, to a life of freedom, justice and security.
If I lose at play, I blaspheme; if my fellow loses, he blasphemes. So, God is always the loser.
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