Concerning the birth of Islam, I am sure that I will now be able to prove to your consolation that it is also the birth of inductive reason. In Islam, since prophecy has reached its completion, The need arose. Behind this was the insightful realization that human beings could not always be run on crutches. In order to attain full self-consciousness, it was necessary to be left alone to use one's own resources. The recitation of the Qur'an repeatedly asking us to refer to reason and experience, the repeated emphasis of the Qur'an on the nature, history and human resources of knowledge, all these are different aspects of the Qur'an itself.
Muhammad Iqbal, New Formation, Fifth Lecture
"Conservatism is as bad a thing in religion as it is in any other field of human activity, it destroys the creative freedom of the self. And it closes the door to new areas of spirituality. "
Muhammad Iqbal, New Formation, Seventh Lecture
Muhammad Iqbal, Khilafah and the Nation
which without hesitation points to the fact that the idea of a universal caliphate has failed in practice. This was a useful idea as long as the Islamic Empire existed. Since the Islamic Empire was torn apart, independent units have been established, so this idea cannot be followed nor can it be considered as a living element of the Islamic organization. I can be useful. Instead of fulfilling a useful goal, it is an obstacle to the unity of the Muslim states. The Arabs have always supported their aspirations. And in Islam, all these differences are a sign of the power that was lost a long time ago. So why don't we try our political thinking. Learn from. "
Muhammad Iqbal, New Formation of Islamic Thought, Sixth Lecture.
