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“Submit to Islam and be safe. Or agree to the payment of the Jizya (tax), and you and your people will be under our protection, else you will have only yourself to blame for the consequences, for I bring the men who desire death as ardently as you desire life.”
Khalid ibn al-Walid (586–642) said by 642 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This letter was written by Khalid, from his head-quarters in Babylonia, to the Persian monarch Emperor Yazdegerd III before invading it. (History of the World, Volume IV [Book XII. The Mohammedan Ascendency], page 463, …
“I began in the morning by loving Allah, and I finished the evening in praising Him.”
Uwais al-Qarani (594–657) said by 657 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you cannot teach knowledge, then you should teach your intuition.”
Hasan ibn Ali (625–669) said by 669 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For brothers who pass from this life, before they are buried, a sacrifice should be offered to the Lord for the remission of their sins.”
Isidore of Seville (560–636) said by 636 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
“संपत्सु महतां चित्तं भवत्युत्पलकोमलं । आपत्सु च महाशैलशिलासंघातकर्कशम् ॥”
Bhartrihari (570–651) said by 651 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The men went to Catraeth, swift was their host, the pale mead was their feast and it was their poison.”
Aneirin (525–600) said by 600 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.”
Ali (599–661) said by 661 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“竭泽而渔，非不得鱼，明年无鱼；焚林而收，非不获兽，明年无兽。”
魏徵 (580–643) said by 643 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) married her when she was seven years old, and he was taken to his house as a bride when she was nine, and her dolls were with her; and when he (the Holy Prophet) died she was eighteen years old.”
Aisha (614–678) said by 678 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A notable quotation is when Qasim asked his Uncle Hussain, if his name would be amongst the names of those who would be blessed with martyrdom in the battle for Islam at Karbala. His Uncle replied asking, "How do you find death Qasim? Qasim replied, Oh my Uncle; I do not fear death. Death for Islam will be sweeter for me than honey.”
Qasim ibn Hasan (667–680) said by 680 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No fatigue, nor disease, nor sorrow, nor sadness, nor distress, nor grief befalls a Muslim, not even a thorn that pricks him, but Allah expiates some of his sins for that.”
Abu Said Al-Khudri (612–693) said by 693 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
“寧為百夫長，不做一書生。”
楊炯 (650–693) said by 693 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“年年岁岁花相似，岁岁年年人不同。”
刘希夷 (651–679) said by 679 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“老当益壮，宁知白首之心；穷且益坚，不堕青云之志。”
王勃 (650–676) said by 676 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'I do not know either 'The Merciful, or the Compassionate'. Write: 'In the name of God'.”
Suhayl ibn Amr (570–639) said by 639 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“The Holy Spirit descends upon you, who are the Immaculate, to make you purer and give you the virtue of fertility.”
Sophronius of Jerusalem (560–638) said by 638 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
“Abu Bakr al-Siddiq said to Khalid ibn al-Walid: Strive for death, then you will be given life."واحرص على الموت توهب لك الحياة" Al-ʿIqd al-Farīd author Ibn Abd Rabbih (1/92 )”
Abu Bakr (573–634) said by 634 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If one does not have these five things there is no good in him: intellect, religion, etiquette, shame and good manners.”
Husayn ibn Ali (626–680) said by 680 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source