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When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry.
When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry.
Approximate author period: c. 1907 AD · modern
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- Muhammad Iqbal
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- Approximate author period: c. 1907 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Muhammad Iqbal: life dates 1877 to 1938. Wikidata Q484141, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484141 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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