The alchemist of the West has turned stone into glass But my alchemy has transmuted glass into flint Pharaohs of today have stalked me in vain

Democracy is a system where people are counted not weighed.

I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry.

I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to careful study of Islam, its law and polity, its culture, its history and its literature.

I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon.

Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.

Conduct, which involves a decision of the ultimate fate of the agent cannot be based on illusions.