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• “The heart that is empty of doubt is the cleanest of hearts.”

  Hasan ibn Ali (625–669) said by 669 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«ما همگی آمادهٔ رفتن به جنگ هستیم. از هیچ چیز باک نداریم. اما شما هم مردم را به رفتن جنگ مجبور کنید، و در میان آنان بانگ دهید که هر کس به جنگ حاضر نشد کیفر خواد دید».”

  حجر بن عدی (700–671) said by 671 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “He (Indian emperor Harsha) was indefatigable,” says Yuan Chwang, “and the day was too short for him; he forgot sleep in his devotion to good works.”

  Xuanzang (602–664) said by 664 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Quoted in Durant, Will (1963). Our Oriental heritage. New York: Simon & Schuster.

• “«نیکوتر از هر نیکویی، خوی نیکوست.» (انَّ أحسن الحسنِ الخلقُ الحسن)”

  حسن بن علی (625–669) said by 669 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “A person shall arrive on the Day of Judgement and shall be in possession of good deeds in the measure of vastly accumulated clouds or towering mountains. (Witnessing them) he shall ask: ‘Oh My Lord! How can these be for me when I have not performed them?’ God shall reply: ‘This is your knowledge that you had taught and conveyed to the people, and which was acted upon after you had died.’”

  Muhammad (571–632) said by 632 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “روزی کسی از اویس می‌پرسد:«ای اویس، چگونه طاقت می‌آوری که شب به این بلندی را در یک حال به سر می‌بری و عبادت می‌کنی؟»”

  اویس قرنی (594–657) said by 657 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Through idleness, lusts and harmful thoughts grow, but through the exercise of labor, vices are likewise diminished.”

  Isidore of Seville (560–636) said by 636 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The mind of sentient beings as it is in itself has neither marks nor nature. It is like the ocean, like space. Since it is like space, there are no marks that are not subsumed within it. How could it contain a direction such as east or west? Since it is like the ocean, there is no nature that is preserved.”

  Wonhyo (617–686) said by 686 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«مناجاتت با پروردگار برایت کافی است. او آنچه به تو وعده داده برآورده خواهد کرد و الله برای تو کافی است»”

  ابوبکر (573–634) said by 634 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “سعادت مند کسی است که از دیگری پند گیرد؛ ملاک کار به پایانِ آن است.”

  عبدالله بن مسعود (594–653) said by 653 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “श्रोतं श्रुतेनैव न कुण्डलेन दानेन पाणिर्न तु कङ्कणेन”

  Bhartrihari (570–651) said by 651 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “این پرچم را(پرچم بنی امیه) ۳۵سال پیش دیدم که در مقبل لشکر اسلام قرار داشت و پرچمی که من زیر آنم نیز در همان زمان در رکاب اسلام بود.از سخنانش در جنگ صفین”

  عمار یاسر (570–657) said by 657 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I will lose a brother. Would that death had deprived me of life today! My mother Fatimah is dead, and my father Ali Ibn Abi Tālib, and my brother Hasan ibn Ali. O! You are the successor of those who have passed away and the guardian of those who remain!”

  Zaynab bint Ali (626–684) said by 684 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “By God! If any of the Arabs other than you were to say that to me, while he was in the same situation as you, I would not leave him without mentioning his mother's being deprived of him. I would say it whoever he might be. But, by God, there is no way for me to mention your mother except by saying the best things possible.”

  Al-Hurr ibn Yazid Al-Tamimi (650–680) said by 680 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Also quoted by: Al-Tabari

• “«خشم ابوذر خشم خداست» علی ابن ابی طالب”

  ابوذر غفاری (died 651) said by 651 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Gloria summa tibi, laus et benedictio, Christe, Qui praestas famulis haec bona grata tuis.”

  Eugenius II of Toledo (died 657) said by 657 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Vox philomela (Carmen philomelaicum), ll. 19–20 (tr. Wendy Pfeffer, 1985)

• “People are slaves to the world, and as long as they live favorable and comfortable lives, they are loyal to religious principles. However, at hard times, the times of trials, true religious people are scarce.”

  Husayn ibn Ali (626–680) said by 680 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I shall not now speak of the knowledge of the Hindus … of their suitable discoveries in the science of astronomy—discoveries even more ingenious than those of the Greeks and Babylonians, of their rational system of mathematics, or of their method of calculation which no words can praise strongly enough; I mean the system using nine symbols.”

  Severus Sebokht (575–667) said by 667 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Severus Sebokht, quoted in The Wonder That Was India, A.L. Basham. Quoted from Gewali, Salil (2013). Great Minds on India. New Delhi: Penguin Random House.

• “The bliss of the elect in heaven would not be perfect unless they were able to look across the abyss and enjoy the agonies of their brethren in eternal fire.”

  Pope Gregory I (540–604) said by 604 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I stood asking news of the ruins concerning their lovely habitants; but what avail my questions to dreary rocks, who answer them only by their echo?”

  Labīd (560–661) said by 661 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “O people, the first day is difficult but if I live I shall deliver a proper speech.”

  Uthman (574–656) said by 656 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Pure, undisturbed and quiet prayer is accomplished, performed, constituted and kept by four virtues, and is diminished, tarnished, destroyed and hindered by four passions.”

  Dadisho Qatraya (died 690) said by 690 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “If matters get mixed up then scrutinize the cause and you will know what the effects will be.”

  Ali (599–661) said by 661 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “'If I accepted you as the Messenger of God, I would not have been hostile to you. Write: Only your name and the name of your father'.”

  Suhayl ibn Amr (570–639) said by 639 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source