"I am amazed at your state. The skies are irradiant because of you, but
you have ceased to be. How long will you lead a life of ignorance and
degradation? It was from you that the world received its mental and
spiritual illumination. You served as a minaret of light during the dark
night of the past. The 'luminous hand' (of Moses) was present in your
sleeve. But, today, you have shut yourself up in a narrow shell and seem
to have forgotten that you can break it. You were present before the world
was created and will remain after it has ended. You are afraid of death
while death itself should be afraid of you. Death is not lying in wait for
you but it is the other way round. Man does not die with departing of the
soul. He dies when faith goes out of him and belief deserts his heart."
Allama Iqbal in Glory of Iqbal by Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi