Statements of Quaid-e-Azam about Allama Iqbal Message of condolence on the death of Sir Muhammad Iqbal, Calcutta, April 21, 1938 The Star of India, April 22, 1938 Mr. M. A. Jinnah issued the following condolence message on the death of Allama Iqbal: I am extremely sorry to hear the sad news of the death of Sir Muhammad Iqbal. He was a remarkable poet of world wide fame and his work will live for ever. His services to his country and the Muslims are so numerous that his record can be compared with that of the greatest Indian that ever lived. He was an ex-President of the All-India Muslim League and a President of the Provincial Muslim League of the Punjab till the very recent time when his unforeseen illness compelled him to resign. But he was the staunchest and the most loyal champion of the policy and programme of the All-India Muslim League. To me he was a friend, guide and philosopher and during the darkest moments through which the Muslim League had to go, he stood like