Quote#World
You tell us who were they who pulled down the gates of Khyber?
Quote byMuhammad Iqbal · 1877–1938
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: ', (Singh, p. 36).
English (original)
You tell us who were they who pulled down the gates of Khyber? Who were they that reduced the city that was the pride of Caesar? Fake gods that men had made, who did break and shatter? Who routed infidel armies and destroyed them with bloody slaughter? Who put out and made cold the 'sacred' flame in Iran? Who retold the story of the one God, Yazdan?
— Muhammad Iqbal
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