🇮🇳Deshbhakti⭐ Featured
❝Better than the entire world is our Hindustan,
we are its nightingales, and this is our garden.❞
we are its nightingales, and this is our garden.❞
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1877–1938📍 Sialkot, Punjab
Allama Iqbal
علامہ اقبال
PhilosophyNazmGhazal
93Shayaris
10Categories
2363.4kTotal Likes
6768kTotal Views
📖 About the Poet
Sir Muhammad Iqbal, known as Allama Iqbal, was a philosopher, poet, and politician, widely regarded as the 'Poet of the East'. His poetry inspired the Pakistan Movement. He wrote the famous 'Saare Jahan Se Achha' and is revered across the Indian subcontinent.
📚 Famous Works
Bang-e-DraAsrar-e-KhudiPayam-e-MashriqArmughan-e-Hijaz
✨ Famous Couplet
"खुदी को कर बुलंद इतना, कि हर तक़दीर से पहले"— Allama Iqbal
✍️ Shayaris by Allama Iqbal(93)
📝Nazm⭐ Featured
❝My longing rises to my lips as a prayer,
O God, may my life be like a candle's flame,
may the world's darkness be dispelled by my breath,
may my glow bring light to every place.❞
O God, may my life be like a candle's flame,
may the world's darkness be dispelled by my breath,
may my glow bring light to every place.❞
👁️190.0k
🔗😎Attitude⭐ Featured
❝Raise your selfhood so high that before every decree,
God Himself asks His servant, tell Me, what is your wish.❞
God Himself asks His servant, tell Me, what is your wish.❞
👁️175.0k
🔗📝Nazm⭐ Featured
❝Better than the whole world is our Hindustan,
we are its nightingales, this is our garden,
if we are in foreign lands, our heart stays in the homeland,
know us to be there too, wherever our heart is.❞
we are its nightingales, this is our garden,
if we are in foreign lands, our heart stays in the homeland,
know us to be there too, wherever our heart is.❞
👁️184.0k
🔗💪Himmat⭐ Featured
❝Beyond the stars, there are other worlds still,
There are yet more trials of love to fulfil.❞
There are yet more trials of love to fulfil.❞
👁️165.0k
🔗💝Heart Touch⭐ Featured
❝Beyond the stars there are other worlds still,
there are yet more trials of love to be faced.❞
there are yet more trials of love to be faced.❞
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🔗💪Himmat⭐ Featured
❝Don't fear the fury of the opposing wind, O eagle
it only blows to make you soar even higher❞
it only blows to make you soar even higher❞
👁️145.0k
🔗❝Religion does not teach us to bear ill-will toward one another
we are Indians, our homeland is Hindustan❞
we are Indians, our homeland is Hindustan❞
👁️135.0k
🔗❝Beyond the stars there are yet more worlds,
there are yet more trials of love to face,
these skies are not empty of life,
here there are hundreds more caravans still to come.❞
there are yet more trials of love to face,
these skies are not empty of life,
here there are hundreds more caravans still to come.❞
👁️136.0k
🔗❝You are an eagle, soaring is your work,
The sky is before you — fly.❞
The sky is before you — fly.❞
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🔗💪Himmat⭐ Featured
❝God has never changed the condition of a people,
Who never thought of changing their own condition themselves.❞
Who never thought of changing their own condition themselves.❞
👁️122.0k
🔗🌿Qudrat⭐ Featured
❝That mountain, tallest of all, neighbor unto the sky,
it is our sentinel, our guardian standing high.❞
it is our sentinel, our guardian standing high.❞
👁️121.5k
🔗❝Your nest does not belong on the dome of a royal palace,
you are a falcon, make your home in the crags of the mountains.❞
you are a falcon, make your home in the crags of the mountains.❞
👁️120.0k
🔗❝Religion does not teach us to bear ill-will toward one another,
we are Indians, our homeland is Hindustan.❞
we are Indians, our homeland is Hindustan.❞
👁️112.0k
🔗😎Attitude⭐ Featured
❝You belong not to the earth, nor to the sky above
The world exists for you — not you for the world❞
The world exists for you — not you for the world❞
👁️124.7k
🔗❝Mahmud and Ayaz stood together, side by side, in a single row
No master then remained, and no servant left below❞
No master then remained, and no servant left below❞
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🔗❝You are a falcon, flight is your purpose,
there are still more skies ahead of you.❞
there are still more skies ahead of you.❞
👁️108.0k
🔗💪Himmat⭐ Featured
❝Beyond the stars lie worlds yet more,
Still more trials of passion are in store.❞
Still more trials of passion are in store.❞
👁️114.0k
🔗❝Such is the way of the world, on every path,
If someone walks alongside, the journey becomes easier.❞
If someone walks alongside, the journey becomes easier.❞
👁️112.8k
🔗❝China and Arabia are ours, Hindustan is ours,
we are Muslims, the whole world is our homeland,
the trust of oneness of God lives in our hearts,
it is not easy to erase our name and trace.❞
we are Muslims, the whole world is our homeland,
the trust of oneness of God lives in our hearts,
it is not easy to erase our name and trace.❞
👁️104.0k
🔗❝You are not for the earth, nor for the sky,
The world exists for you, not you for the world.❞
The world exists for you, not you for the world.❞
👁️98.0k
🔗❝Iqbal is not hopeless about his barren field,
Give it a little moisture and this soil will be very fertile.❞
Give it a little moisture and this soil will be very fertile.❞
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🔗❝Your nest is not upon the dome of royal palaces,
You are a falcon — make your home among the mountain crags.❞
You are a falcon — make your home among the mountain crags.❞
👁️92.0k
🔗❝Greece, Egypt and Rome have all vanished from the world,
yet even today survives our name and sign.❞
yet even today survives our name and sign.❞
👁️88.0k
🔗❝Why should I be the loser, forgetting my own gain,
not think of tomorrow, lost in yesterday's grief,
listen to the nightingale's laments all ears,
fellow singer, am I some flower, that I should stay silent.❞
not think of tomorrow, lost in yesterday's grief,
listen to the nightingale's laments all ears,
fellow singer, am I some flower, that I should stay silent.❞
👁️93.0k
🔗❝Your nest belongs not in the halls of kings,
You are an eagle — perch on mountain peaks.❞
You are an eagle — perch on mountain peaks.❞
👁️96.0k
🔗❝Beyond the stars there are worlds still untold,
more trials of love yet remain to unfold.❞
more trials of love yet remain to unfold.❞
👁️86.0k
🔗❝One who fought with themselves conquered the world,
One who knew themselves knew everything.❞
One who knew themselves knew everything.❞
👁️95.4k
🔗❝Beyond the stars there are more worlds to discover,
The trials of love have not ended yet.❞
The trials of love have not ended yet.❞
👁️95.4k
🔗❝Raise your self so high that before every destiny is written,
God Himself asks His servant: tell me, what is your wish?❞
God Himself asks His servant: tell me, what is your wish?❞
👁️95.6k
🔗❝Those fervent in faith built a mosque overnight
But my old sinful heart could not become devout in years❞
But my old sinful heart could not become devout in years❞
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🔗❝Beyond the stars there are worlds still ahead,
There are still more trials of love to face.❞
There are still more trials of love to face.❞
👁️90.0k
🔗❝You believe God resides in idols of stone,
to me, every speck of my homeland's dust is divine.❞
to me, every speck of my homeland's dust is divine.❞
👁️81.0k
🔗❝By action life becomes heaven or hell,
This being of clay is neither light nor fire by nature.❞
This being of clay is neither light nor fire by nature.❞
👁️88.5k
🔗❝In this world the faithful live like the sun,
Setting on one side, they rise again on another.❞
Setting on one side, they rise again on another.❞
👁️78.0k
🔗❝I remember the time that has now passed,
the garden's springs, the chirping of us all,
where now is that freedom of our own nests,
to come as we pleased, to go as we pleased.❞
the garden's springs, the chirping of us all,
where now is that freedom of our own nests,
to come as we pleased, to go as we pleased.❞
👁️81.0k
🔗❝Let my life be like that of a moth, O Lord,
I light one candle and then step aside.❞
I light one candle and then step aside.❞
👁️85.2k
🔗❝Firm faith, ceaseless action, love that conquers the world—
these are the swords of brave men in the struggle of life.❞
these are the swords of brave men in the struggle of life.❞
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🔗❝I remember still the days that have passed away,
those springs within the garden, that chorus of birds at play.❞
those springs within the garden, that chorus of birds at play.❞
👁️75.6k
🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝This is life's truth, O heart,
What is life — death is its other name.❞
What is life — death is its other name.❞
👁️78.0k
🔗❝Don't talk about this and that,
Tell me why the caravan was plundered.❞
Tell me why the caravan was plundered.❞
👁️79.8k
🔗❝You are an eagle, soaring is your calling,
Ahead of you there are more skies to conquer.❞
Ahead of you there are more skies to conquer.❞
👁️78.0k
🔗✌️2 Line⭐ Featured
❝Raise your selfhood so high that before every destiny is penned,
God Himself asks His servant, tell me what you intend.❞
God Himself asks His servant, tell me what you intend.❞
👁️80.8k
🔗❝Raise yourself so high that before every destiny
God himself asks — tell me, what is your wish❞
God himself asks — tell me, what is your wish❞
👁️76.2k
🔗❝Think of your homeland, O naive one, trouble is coming,
In the heavens, plans for your ruin are being made.❞
In the heavens, plans for your ruin are being made.❞
👁️69.0k
🔗❝Raise yourself so high that before every decree of fate,
God himself asks you — what is your will?❞
God himself asks you — what is your will?❞
👁️70.8k
🔗🇮🇳Deshbhakti⭐ Featured
❝China and Arabia are ours, Hindustan is ours —
we are Muslims, the whole world is our homeland.
The trust of monotheism is in our hearts —
it is not easy to erase our name and mark.❞
we are Muslims, the whole world is our homeland.
The trust of monotheism is in our hearts —
it is not easy to erase our name and mark.❞
👁️66.0k
🔗❝My desire comes to my lips as a prayer,
O God, let my life be like a candle's glow.
Let the darkness of the world be banished by my breath,
wherever I shine let there be light to show.❞
O God, let my life be like a candle's glow.
Let the darkness of the world be banished by my breath,
wherever I shine let there be light to show.❞
👁️64.0k
🔗🇮🇳Deshbhakti⭐ Featured
❝Better than the whole world is our Hindustan,
We are its nightingales, this is our garden.
Religion does not teach us to bear hatred —
We are Hindi, our homeland is Hindustan.❞
We are its nightingales, this is our garden.
Religion does not teach us to bear hatred —
We are Hindi, our homeland is Hindustan.❞
👁️64.0k
🔗❝Through action, life becomes heaven or hell,
this being of clay is by nature neither of light nor of fire.❞
this being of clay is by nature neither of light nor of fire.❞
👁️60.0k
🔗❝Beyond the stars there still are worlds untold
More trials of passion yet to unfold❞
More trials of passion yet to unfold❞
👁️46.4k
🔗💪Himmat⭐ Featured
❝You are an eagle — flight is your purpose,
Before you lie skies yet unexplored.
This branch is not worthy of you —
do not build your nest upon it.❞
Before you lie skies yet unexplored.
This branch is not worthy of you —
do not build your nest upon it.❞
👁️62.0k
🔗❝My longing rises to my lips as a prayer,
O God, let my life be like a candle's glow.❞
O God, let my life be like a candle's glow.❞
👁️63.1k
🔗💪Himmat⭐ Featured
❝Raise your self so high that before every decree of fate —
God himself asks the servant: tell me, what is your will?❞
God himself asks the servant: tell me, what is your will?❞
👁️60.0k
🔗❝What is life? The appearance of order in elements.
What is death? The scattering of those same parts.❞
What is death? The scattering of those same parts.❞
👁️55.0k
🔗💪Himmat⭐ Featured
❝Raise yourself so high that before every decree of fate,
God Himself asks you: tell me, what is your wish, what do you create?
The eagle's mark is that it never bends or bows its head,
Wherever it may be, it always flies high instead.❞
God Himself asks you: tell me, what is your wish, what do you create?
The eagle's mark is that it never bends or bows its head,
Wherever it may be, it always flies high instead.❞
👁️56.7k
🔗❝Elevate yourself so high that before every decree of fate,
God Himself asks you — tell me, what is your will.❞
God Himself asks you — tell me, what is your will.❞
👁️53.5k
🔗❝Your nest is not on the dome of the royal palace —
you are an eagle; make your home in the crags of mountains.❞
you are an eagle; make your home in the crags of mountains.❞
👁️52.0k
🔗❝For thousands of years the narcissus weeps over its blindness —
rare is the one born with true vision in the garden.❞
rare is the one born with true vision in the garden.❞
👁️51.5k
🔗❝My longing comes to my lips as prayer —
O God, let my life be like a candle's flame.
Let the world's darkness be removed by my breath —
let every place be lit by my shining.❞
O God, let my life be like a candle's flame.
Let the world's darkness be removed by my breath —
let every place be lit by my shining.❞
👁️50.5k
🔗💪Himmat⭐ Featured
❝You are the secret of 'Be and it Is' — understand this, be not naive,
Stay true to selfhood, and this world will be yours to achieve.❞
Stay true to selfhood, and this world will be yours to achieve.❞
👁️50.3k
🔗❝Even in stones flowers manage to bloom,
when the fire of courage is kept alight.
Do not let your spirit break in hardship,
the destination belongs to those who fight.❞
when the fire of courage is kept alight.
Do not let your spirit break in hardship,
the destination belongs to those who fight.❞
👁️48.5k
🔗❝Raise yourself so high that before every decree of fate,
God Himself asks you — what is your will, O servant?❞
God Himself asks you — what is your will, O servant?❞
👁️47.0k
🔗❝Is this life, or is it a storm?
We are dying at the hands of this very living.
Hundreds of destinations, but where are the paths?
We keep searching, but the road does not unfold.❞
We are dying at the hands of this very living.
Hundreds of destinations, but where are the paths?
We keep searching, but the road does not unfold.❞
👁️47.0k
🔗❝My longing rises to my lips as a prayer —
May my life be like a candle's flame, O God.
May my work be to support the poor —
To love the suffering, the weak, and the broken.❞
May my life be like a candle's flame, O God.
May my work be to support the poor —
To love the suffering, the weak, and the broken.❞
👁️45.0k
🔗❝Elevate your self so high that before every destiny
God Himself asks you — tell Me, what is your will?❞
God Himself asks you — tell Me, what is your will?❞
👁️45.0k
🔗❝Iqbal is not hopeless about his own efforts,
for even in a particle the sun's light is hidden inside.
Every effort is one step toward the destination,
keep walking — that is the reason success is achieved.❞
for even in a particle the sun's light is hidden inside.
Every effort is one step toward the destination,
keep walking — that is the reason success is achieved.❞
👁️43.0k
🔗❝Beyond the stars there are more worlds —
there are still more trials of love ahead.
You are an eagle — soaring is your work —
before you there are more skies.❞
there are still more trials of love ahead.
You are an eagle — soaring is your work —
before you there are more skies.❞
👁️42.0k
🔗❝Better than the whole world is our Hindustan,
We are its nightingales, this is our flower garden's plan.
If we are in a foreign land, our heart stays at home,
Know that we are where our heart chooses to roam.❞
We are its nightingales, this is our flower garden's plan.
If we are in a foreign land, our heart stays at home,
Know that we are where our heart chooses to roam.❞
👁️43.7k
🔗❝How beautiful is this spectacle of nature —
flowers have bloomed in the garden, buds too are smiling.
Fragrance is rising from every side —
as if nature has laid out a grand feast.❞
flowers have bloomed in the garden, buds too are smiling.
Fragrance is rising from every side —
as if nature has laid out a grand feast.❞
👁️40.5k
🔗❝Rise, create your own world with your own hands,
Raise yourself so high that even fate must change.❞
Raise yourself so high that even fate must change.❞
👁️41.7k
🔗❝Beyond the stars there are worlds yet more,
More tests of love are yet in store.
You are an eagle — soar to the heights above —
Where you have come from, there are others too.❞
More tests of love are yet in store.
You are an eagle — soar to the heights above —
Where you have come from, there are others too.❞
👁️38.5k
🔗❝Rise and awaken the poor of my world,
Shake the walls and doors of the mansions of the wealthy world.
The field from which the farmer earns no bread —
Burn every wheat stalk in that field instead.❞
Shake the walls and doors of the mansions of the wealthy world.
The field from which the farmer earns no bread —
Burn every wheat stalk in that field instead.❞
👁️37.0k
🔗❝In the hands of individuals lies the destiny of nations —
every person is a star in the fate of the community.❞
every person is a star in the fate of the community.❞
👁️36.9k
🔗❝Raise yourself to such heights of being,
That before decreeing your fate so freeing.
God himself asks you what you will,
Tell me, what is your desire and will.❞
That before decreeing your fate so freeing.
God himself asks you what you will,
Tell me, what is your desire and will.❞
👁️30.3k
🔗❝A bird makes its nest on every branch it knows,
But in the human heart a million dwelling flows.
Somewhere desire, somewhere pain, somewhere separation's claim —
Who truly understands this world of heart, to them all fame.❞
But in the human heart a million dwelling flows.
Somewhere desire, somewhere pain, somewhere separation's claim —
Who truly understands this world of heart, to them all fame.❞
👁️29.6k
🔗❝Only the horse-riders fall in the battlefield
What can a crawling child ever know of falling❞
What can a crawling child ever know of falling❞
👁️31.1k
🔗❝Dive deep within yourself and find the trace of your own life
If you won't be mine, so be it — but be your own, at least❞
If you won't be mine, so be it — but be your own, at least❞
👁️19.3k
🔗❝O Himalaya, O rampart of the land of Hindustan
The sky itself descends to kiss your brow❞
The sky itself descends to kiss your brow❞
👁️29.5k
🔗💪Himmat⭐ Featured
❝Raise your self-worth so high before each decree of fate,
That God Himself asks you: what do you want, what do you create?❞
That God Himself asks you: what do you want, what do you create?❞
👁️25.6k
🔗❝Better than all the world is our Hindustan,
We are its nightingales, this is our garden grand.
Even in exile our hearts remain in our native land,
Know us to be where our hearts take their stand.❞
We are its nightingales, this is our garden grand.
Even in exile our hearts remain in our native land,
Know us to be where our hearts take their stand.❞
👁️26.3k
🔗❝The intellect has nothing beyond mere information,
Your cure lies in vision alone, above every creation.
The slave of self-interest has always earned humiliation,
True purpose is nothing but fearless aspiration.❞
Your cure lies in vision alone, above every creation.
The slave of self-interest has always earned humiliation,
True purpose is nothing but fearless aspiration.❞
👁️26.3k
🔗🇮🇳Deshbhakti⭐ Featured
❝China and Arabia are ours, Hindustan is ours —
We are believers; our homeland is the entire world.❞
We are believers; our homeland is the entire world.❞
👁️16.5k
🔗❝My desire rises to my lips as a prayer, O Lord,
May my life be like a candle's flame, I implore.
May the darkness of the world be dispelled by my light,
May everywhere shine bright where I ignite.❞
May my life be like a candle's flame, I implore.
May the darkness of the world be dispelled by my light,
May everywhere shine bright where I ignite.❞
👁️16.9k
🔗💪Himmat⭐ Featured
❝The earth is found by everyone — wish for the sky.
Those who think small stay small — dream big, keep big hopes.❞
Those who think small stay small — dream big, keep big hopes.❞
👁️15.2k
🔗🇮🇳Deshbhakti⭐ Featured
❝Better than all the world is our Hindustan,
We are its nightingales, and this is our garden.❞
We are its nightingales, and this is our garden.❞
👁️15.5k
🔗💪Himmat⭐ Featured
❝Raise yourself so high that before every decree of fate,
God Himself asks you — what is your desire, what do you want?❞
God Himself asks you — what is your desire, what do you want?❞
👁️14.8k
🔗❝Raise yourself so high that before every decree of fate,
God Himself asks you — what is your will, what do you want?❞
God Himself asks you — what is your will, what do you want?❞
👁️10.1k
🔗❝If courage lives in the heart, even rivers can be crossed,
Only those who give up first are truly lost.❞
Only those who give up first are truly lost.❞
👁️9.8k
🔗❝Greece, Egypt, and Rome have all been erased from the world,
But our name and identity still remain till today.❞
But our name and identity still remain till today.❞
👁️9.5k
🔗❝You are the eagle — soaring is your calling,
The sky awaits you, fly far without falling.❞
The sky awaits you, fly far without falling.❞
👁️8.7k
🔗❝Life belongs to one who fears not death's cold claim,
Only those who face hardships win life's ultimate game.❞
Only those who face hardships win life's ultimate game.❞
👁️8.9k
🔗❝Both fly in the same sky, same air above,
But the eagle's world differs from the vulture's cove.❞
But the eagle's world differs from the vulture's cove.❞
👁️7.2k
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