❝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.❞
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.
Ghazal is the most refined and enduring form in Urdu-Hindi poetry — a series of independent couplets bound by rhyme and refrain. This collection of works by Mirza Ghalib, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Mir Taqi Mir, and Bashir Badr suits readers who want to understand the classical tradition, recite verses aloud, or savor a single sher at a time.
❝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.❞
❝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.❞
❝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.❞
❝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.❞