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• “碧玉妝成一樹高， 萬條垂下綠絲縧。 不知細葉誰裁出， 二月春風似剪刀。”

  He Zhizhang (659–744) said by 744 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Nag Bhat I, king of the Gurjar Pratihar Empire, was chosen as the leader of the Indian alliance comprising of Rashtrakuta, Guhil, Chalukya, and Gurjar armies to face the enemy. This alliance was between North Indian and South Indian rulers. Vikramaditya II was then the king of the Chalukya dynasty and Bappa Rawal of the Guhils.”

  Nagabhata I (750–780) said by 780 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Rawal M. S. & Rawal Y. S. (2019). Saffron swords. Garuda Prakashan.

• “رواه مسلم في مقدمة صحيحه”

  محمد بن سيرين (653–729) said by 729 at the latest wikiquote:ar, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “ذهبت قريش بالمكارم والعلا واللؤم تحت عمائم الأنصـارِ”

  الأخطل الكبير (640–709) said by 709 at the latest wikiquote:ar, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Ishaq 956 & 962 - "He who withholds the Jizya is an enemy of Allah and His apostle.”

  Ibn Ishaq (704–768) said by 768 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “移舟泊煙渚，日暮客愁新；野曠天低樹，江清月近人。”

  Meng Haoran (690–740) said by 740 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “سئل عن قول لقمان لابنه: (إن كان الكلام من فضة فإن الصمت ذهب)، فقال:”

  عبد الله بن المبارك (736–797) said by 797 at the latest wikiquote:ar, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “明月松間照，清泉石上流。”

  Wang Wei (699–761) said by 761 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “روى مالك عن الزهرى قال سألت سعيد بن المسيب عن أصحاب رسول الله فقال لي : "اسمع يا زهري من مات محبا لأبى بكر وعمر وعثمان وعلى وشهد للعشرة بالجنة وترحم على معاوية كان حقا على الله أن لا يناقشه الحساب".”

  سعيد بن المسيب (634–715) said by 715 at the latest wikiquote:ar, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “If people realize the value of science and knowledge, they will sacrifice themselves for earning it.”

  Ali Zayn al-Abidin (659–713) said by 713 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “見天子庸知非福，何兒女悲乎？”

  Wu Zetian (624–705) said by 705 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Every divine feast, when celebrated, fills the faithful with spiritual joy, drawing from treasures and sources that come from God.”

  Germanus I of Costantinople (634–732) said by 732 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “والإمام العادل يا أمير المؤمنين، وصيّ اليتامى، وخازن المساكين، يربّي صغيرهم، ويمون كبيرهم.”

  الحسن البصري (642–728) said by 728 at the latest wikiquote:ar, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Now that Umar's death has been announced to me, I say: May the mainstay of justice and religion be not far away. The people have left behind, in the tomb that they dug in Day Sim'an, the balance of the scales.”

  Umar II (681–720) said by 720 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “[عاد حماد بن سلمة سفيان الثوري، فقال سفيان: يا أبا سلمة! أترى الله يغفر لمثلي؟ فقال حماد:] والله لو خيرت بين محاسبة الله إياي وبين محاسبة أبوي لاخترت محاسبة الله، وذلك لأن الله أرحم بي من أبوي.”

  حماد بن سلمة (died 784) said by 784 at the latest wikiquote:ar, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Precision, accuracy and pondering in wisdom and sciences, will nourish and develop a person's brain.”

  Ja'far al-Sadiq (699–765) said by 765 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “سمع الشَّعبيّ رجلاً يقول: "مات فلان، أصبح من أهل الآخرة"، قال:”

  عامر الشعبي (641–723) said by 723 at the latest wikiquote:ar, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “جلال الدین السیوطي: تاریخ الخلفاء، مطبعة وزارۃ الاوقاف، قطر، 1434 هـ/ 2013۔”

  أبو جعفر المنصور (713–775) said by 775 at the latest wikiquote:ar, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The dunyâ distracts and preoccupies the heart and body, but al-zuhd (asceticism, not giving importance to worldly things) gives rest to the heart and body. Verily, Allâh will ask us about the halâl things we enjoyed, so what about the harâm!”

  Hasan al-Basri (642–728) said by 728 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “إذا عظمت القدرة قلَّتِ الشھوة، وقلَّ تبرع إلا ومعه حق مضاع.”

  أبو العباس عبد الله السفاح (722–754) said by 754 at the latest wikiquote:ar, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “إن المؤمن أخ المؤمن لا يشتمه ولا يحرمه ولا يسئ به الظن .”

  محمد بن علي الباقر (677–733) said by 733 at the latest wikiquote:ar, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Alternate translation: Christ gives us the relics of saints as health-giving springs through which flow blessings and healing. This should not be doubted. For if at God’s word water gushed from hard rock in the wilderness-yes, and from an ass’s jawbone when Samson was thirsty -why should it seem incredible that healing medicine should distill from the relics of saints”

  John of Damascus (675–749) said by 749 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: In Relics: The Shroud of Turin, the True Cross, the Blood of Januarius: History, Mysticism, and the Catholic Church, by Joan Carroll Cruz, 1984 <!--, Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, Indiana, ISBN 0879737018 ISBN 9780879…

• “الأبيات التي عير بها الحجاج بن يوسف الثقفي عند هروبه من غزالة الشيبانية أثناء إحدى الوقائع:”

  عمران بن حطان (died 703) said by 703 at the latest wikiquote:ar, CC BY-SA 4.0 source