Iqbal was not very fond of Mullahs. I will try to make a little thread. #IqbalDay

My talk makes Shaykh and Mullah show wrath undue,
Though disciples can put up with what is true

What is a nation, or how to lead it?—
What clue these leaders of prayers could have of that!

I do not wonder if to God you find approach:
You know not rank of man for which you need reproach.
Your worship is devoid of grandeur, charm and grace:
Your Call to Prayer at morn leaves cold and does not brace

So worship men self‐knowing, drunk with God;
So worship priest, dead stone, and mindless clod.

The mullah’s and the mujahid’s azan,
The same in words, are apart in spirit.

I know the conclusion of such a fight where Mullah are the fighters

The Mullah’s sight has lost  the light of penetrative discernment;
the mystic’s wine, pure and sparkling no longer produces frenzy,

The mystic mode has naught except the inner changes of the heart;
The talk of Mullah on his creed is merely piece of fiery art.

دینِ کافر فکر و تدبیر جہاد
دینِ ملا فی سبیل اللہ فساد