Muhammad Iqbal Quotes

Life is a struggle and not a matter of privilege. It is nothing but one's knowledge of the temporal and the spiritual world.

Muhammad Iqbal

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• Life is a struggle and not a matter of privilege. It is nothing but one's knowledge of the temporal and the spiritual world.

  

  Muhammad Iqbal
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  • Spiritual
  • Struggle