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• “Lo Spirito Santo scende su di te, che sei l'Immacolata, per renderti più pura e donarti la virtù fecondatrice.”

  Sofronio di Gerusalemme (560–638) said by 638 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “I never revolted in vain, as a rebel or as a tyrant, but I rose seeking reformation for the nation of my grandfather Muhammad. I intend to enjoin good and forbid evil, to act according to the traditions of my grandfather, and my father ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib.”

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

• “Malik related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam from 'Amr ibn Mu'adh al-Ash-hali al-Ansari that his grandmother said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'O believing women! Let none of you despise giving to her neighbour even if it is only a roasted sheep's trotter.'”

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

• “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

• “There were Persian children slaves in Madina. Seeing them, Piruz would say, You have been enslaved at such a tender age. This Omar sees eaten my heart. I will take his heart out. He made for himself a dagger with a very sharp edge and smeared it with poison.”

  Piruz Nahavandi (died 644) said by 644 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Diavolo è nome ebraico che significa deorsum fluens, ossia colui che precipita all'ingiù: il diavolo, infatti, considerò cosa priva di valore il rimanere quieto al culmine del cielo, ma cadde a precipizio sotto il peso della propria superbia.”

  Isidoro di Siviglia (560–636) said by 636 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “O my grief! Your life will be violently wrenched from you and that is more wounding to my heart and harsher to my soul.”

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

• “O Allah, I offer my apology to You for every hungry stomach and unclothed body, but I own nothing in this world except what is on my back and in my stomach.”

  Uwais al-Qarani (594–657) said by 657 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Biography of Uways al-Qarni, Islam Q&A (03 July 2015)

• “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

• “Chi ama Dio, antepone la conoscenza e la scienza di lui a tutte le cose create, e ricorre continuamente a lui con il desiderio e con l'amore dell'animo.”

  Massimo il Confessore (579–662) said by 662 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “It is a matter of great shame that the birds wake up in the morning before you.”

  Abu Bakr (573–634) said by 634 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Abdul Jaleel Qureshi, Hazrat Abu Bakr Nay Farmaya (Ferozesons, 2011), p.65)

• “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)

• “The old calculations dealing with planets based on the system of Brahma have become erroneous in course of past ages and therefore I, the son of Jishnugupta would like to clarify them.”

  Brahmagupta (598–670) said by 670 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: quoted in : Bhaskar Kamble, The Imperishable Seed: How Hindu Mathematics Changed the World and why this History was Erased, Garuda Prakashan Private Limited, 2022 ISBN 9798885750189

• “Crux fidelis, inter omnes Arbor una nobilis: Nulla silva talem profert, Fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulces clavos, Dulce pondus sustinet.”

  Venantius Fortunatus (530–609) said by 609 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: From Lustra sex qui jam peracta. Translated by in The Hymner, 2nd ed. (1905), no. 39

• “Allah executed and rendered justice for the sake of putting together and harmonization of the hearts.”

  Fatimah (604–632) said by 632 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Dovete por mano su quelli che finora avete fatto dèi da materia terrena quali erano; con ogni zelo dovete distruggerli e ridurli in pezzi. (da una lettera a Edwin di Northumbria; citato in Walter Peruzzi, Il cattolicesimo reale attraverso i testi della Bibbia, dei papi, dei dottori della Chiesa, dei concili, Odradek, Roma, 2008, p. 212)”

  Papa Bonifacio V (600–625) said by 625 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “L'aspetto di aquila è indice della loro regalità, della loro capacità di elevarsi e di volare velocemente, della prontezza, vigilanza, velocità e destrezza con cui afferrano il nutrimento fortificante e della contemplazione priva di ostacoli, diretta ed indefettibile.”

  Pseudo-Dionigi l'Areopagita (500–600) said by 600 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Il Signore Gesù Cristo, mediatore tra Dio e gli uomini, ha operato le cose divine per mezzo dell'umanità, che era unita al Verbo di Dio naturalmente, e che egli stesso ha compiuto le cose umane mediante la carne assunta in modo ineffabile e singolare. (dalla lettera Scripta fraternalis, 487).”

  Papa Onorio I (585–638) said by 638 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Being ungrateful for a blessing causes it to be taken away.”

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

• “Il polline di loto, soffiato via dalla distesa | di fiori aperti e fatto girare in cerchio | nell'aria dai venti di tempesta, | prende la forma di un parasole d'oro. (V, 39; in Poesia indiana classica)”

  Bhāravi (501–600) said by 600 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Servo dei servi di Dio.”

  Papa Gregorio I (540–604) said by 604 at the latest wikiquote:it, CC BY-SA 4.0 source