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“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.
“Bear sorrows and calamities patiently, otherwise you will never be happy.”
Ali (599–661) said by 661 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Perish you, Mohammad! Did you invite us here for this?”
Abu Lahab (549–624) said by 624 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no gift better and more comprehensive than patience (sabr).”
Abu Said Al-Khudri (612–693) said by 693 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Offenses are either grave or light. A person guilty of a lighter offense is one who has chosen to be idle; who has come late to duty, to a meeting, or to the table; who has laughed in the choir or engaged in idle tales... who has used a book carelessly... Therefore, these and similar offenses must be corrected with a three-day excommunication.”
Isidore of Seville (560–636) said by 636 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was narrated that Abu 'Ubaidah said: "Aishah said: 'The Messenger of Allah married me when I was nine and I lived with him for nine years.'" (Sahih)”
Aisha (614–678) said by 678 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Al-Nasa'i
“鹅 鹅 鹅， 曲 项 向 天 歌。 白 毛 浮 绿 水， 红 掌 拨 清 波。”
Luo Binwang (640–684) said by 684 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Geese", as translated by YeShell in How To Write Classical Chinese Poems (Lulu Press, 2015)
“From the retinue of Mynyddog they hastened forth; in a shining array they fed together round the wine-vessel. My heart has become full of grief for the feast of Mynyddog, I have lost too many of my true kinsmen.”
Aneirin (525–600) said by 600 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“…Their idol of Zûr was of gold, and its eyes were two rubies. The zealous Musalmãns cut off its hands and plucked out its eyes, and then remarked to the Marzabãn how powerless was his idol to do either good or evil…”
Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura (died 670) said by 670 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Omar then is reported to have asked Abu Lulu: "I heard that you make windmills; make one for me as well." In a sullen mood, Piruz said, Verily I will make such a mill for you, that the whole world would remember it.”
Piruz Nahavandi (died 644) said by 644 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Alms (is) for the purity of your soul, and flourishment and expansion of your sustenence.”
Fatimah (604–632) said by 632 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“海内存知己， 天涯若比邻。”
Wang Bo (650–676) said by 676 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Farewell to Perfect Du", in Song of the Immortals: An Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, trans. Yuanchong Xu (Penguin Books, 1994), p. 37
“God is everywhere; he is immense and everywhere present, according to what he said about himself: I am a God nearby and not a God far away (cf. Jer 23, 23).”
Columbanus (543–615) said by 615 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Narrated 'Abdullah bin Abi Aufa: Allah's Apostle invoked evil upon the pagans on the ay (of the battle) of Al-Ahzab, saying, "O Allah! The Revealer of the Holy Book, the Swift-Taker of Accounts, O Allah, defeat Al-Ahzab (i.e. the clans), O Allah, defeat them and shake them.”
Muhammad (571–632) said by 632 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In preeminence, the cause of all that is sensible is not anything sensible.”
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (500–600) said by 600 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If in order to help the needy one is able, without ill-will, to strip the rich down to their shirts, one is not doing wrong, especially if they are heartless skinflints.”
John the Merciful (550–619) said by 619 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in Saints of the East (1963), p. 78
“I will not be silent about something which it is not right to leave in silence lest I should inhumanly keep to myself what ought to be made known.”
John Climacus (579–649) said by 649 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
“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)
“If any one here can find a single wrong argument and can refute it, I will let him cut off my head.”
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.
“It is my arm (that you should praise) not my sword..." Zubayr ibn Awwam response towards his comrades appraisal after he killed Nawfal ibn Abdullah al-Makhzumi during the battle of the Trench.”
Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (594–656) said by 656 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Georges Gharib (editor), Testi mariani del primo millennio. Volume 2: Padri e altri autori bizantini, Città Nuova, Roma, 1989. ISBN 88-311-9216-7 (in Italian).”
Sophronius of Jerusalem (560–638) said by 638 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source