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In Iqbal’s view, the only purpose of the state in Islam was to establish a “spiritual democracy” by implementing the principles of equality, solidarity, and freedom that constituted the essence of the Quranic message. It was in “this sense alone that the State in Islam is a theocracy, not in the sense that it was headed by a representative of God on earth who can always screen his despotic will behind his supposed infallibility.
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― The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics
― The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics
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Javid, di manakah lagi dapat aku temui
pujangga sepertimu; pemilik kata-kata indah
tetapi adakala datang seperti panah tajam yang menyala
puisimu adalah sejambak bunga pada musim semi
tetapi puisimu juga adalah sebilah belati
pada musim yang lain - datang menikam tanpa belas
(Perjalanan 28)
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― Perjalanan Sang Zaman
― Perjalanan Sang Zaman