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• “«در همه این امور نیتت را صافی کن، همواره خویشتن را بر جاده صواب بدار.»”

  طاهر بن حسین (776–822) said by 822 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«خدایا! اگر مرا ببخشی بهترین بخشنده هستی و اگر عذاب دهی ستمگر نیستی. دانشمند از میوه وجود خود سیر می‌شود »”

  یحیی بن معاذ رازی (died 872) said by 872 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«چیزی را که من اندر نیابم چرا باید گفت؟»”

  یعقوب لیث (840–879) said by 879 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “That fondness for science, … that affability and condescension which God shows to the learned, that promptitude with which he protects and supports them in the elucidation of obscurities and in the removal of difficulties, has encouraged me to compose a short work on calculating by al-jabr and al-muqabala , confining it to what is easiest and most useful in arithmetic.”

  Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (780–850) said by 850 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: As quoted in: Victor J. Katz (2009) A history of mathematics: an introduction. p. 271

• “«هلاک مرد در سه چیز است. گناه می‌کند به امید توبه، و توبه نکند به امید زندگانی، و توبه ناکرده می‌ماند به امید رحمت، پس چنین کس هرگز توبه نکند.”

  شقیق بلخی (died 810) said by 810 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “鬼哭復何益 仗劍明秋水 兇威屢脅逼 強梟噬母心 犇厲索人魄”

  Li He (790–831) said by 831 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Ashmore, R., Allen, S., Nugent, C. & Tian, X. (2023). The Poetry of Li He. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501504716

• “Ða ic ða gemunde hu sio Lar Lædengeðiodes ær ðissum afeallen wæs giond Angelcynn, ond ðeah monige cuðon Englisc gewrit arædan, ða ongan ic on gemang oðrum mislicum ond manigfealdum bisgum ðisses kynerices ða boc on Englisc ðe is genemned on Læden Pastoralis, ond on Englisc "Hierdeboc", hwilum word be worde, hwilum andgit of andgite.”

  Alfred the Great (849–899) said by 899 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«سه منش است که قلب انسان را سخت می‌کند: زیادی سخن و زیادی خوراک»”

  فضیل بن عیاض (725–803) said by 803 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«کسی که از نیّتِ خوبِ برادرش راضی نگردد، از هدیهٔ او نیز خشنود نمی‌شود.»”

  محمد جواد (811–835) said by 835 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«چون آفریدگان در روز محشر محشور شوند از نسب کسی پرسیده نشود و سخن از نسب نرود و هر کس به سزای خود نیک یا بد می‌رسد.»”

  مأمون (786–833) said by 833 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Let one who desires a taste of freedom and deliverance from bondage purify the secret between himself and God Most High.”

  Bishr the Barefoot (767–842) said by 842 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The king of Gurjars maintain numerous faces and no other Indian prince has so fine a cavalry. He has great riches and his camels and horses are numerous. There is no country in India more safe from robbers”

  Mihira Bhoja (836–885) said by 885 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«دوست یا خودش نفع می رساند یا واسطۀ نفعِ غیر به تو می گردد. (به عربی:الصديق إما أن ينفع إما أن یشفع)”

  یحیی بن خالد برمکی (701–806) said by 806 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«ادب اکنون می‌طلبیم که مردمان ادیب رفتند.»”

  بایزید بسطامی (804–848) said by 848 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«از دل‌ها دلی است که زنده به نور فهم از خدای .»”

  ابوتراب نخشبی (died 859) said by 859 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Meeting and visiting brothers, even if little, causes the development and maturity of intellects.”

  Muhammad al-Taqi (811–835) said by 835 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “He played with sacred formulae, such as the call to prayer: "Come to prayer!" is rendered, in one profane turn, "Come to sleep-together!”

  Abu Nuwas (756–814) said by 814 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Philip F. Kennedy, Abu Nuwas: A Genius of Poetry (2005)

• “«[نقل است که کسی سفری خواست رفت. حاتم را گفت:] مرا وصیتی کن (پندی ده). گفت:] اگر یارخواهی تو را خدای بس، و اگر همراه خواهی کرام الکاتبین بس، اگر عبرت خواهی تو را دنیا بس، و اگر مونس خواهی قرآن بس، و اگر کار خواهی عبادت خدای تو را بس، و اگر وعظ خواهی تو را مر گ بس، و اگر این که یاد کردم تو را بسنده نیست دوزخ تو را بس.»”

  حاتم اصم (died 852) said by 852 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “On the evidence of Baladhuri's account of the conquest of Sind, there were certainly massacres in the towns of Sind when the Arabs first arrived.”

  Al-Baladhuri (820–892) said by 892 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: C. E. Bosworth. Bosworth (1), p. 43. Bosworth, C. E. [1] “The Concept of Dhimma in Early Islam.” In Benjamin Brande and B. Lewis, eds., Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire. 2 vols. New York, 1982. quoted in Ibn Wa…

• “اگر اهل دنيا عقل خود را به كار مى بستند ، دنيا ويران مى شد [چون به دنيا بى رغبت مى شدند].”

  حسن عسکری (845–874) said by 874 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “He said to the effect that no knowledge of Islam can be gained from books of Kalam, as kalam is not from knowledge and that "It is better for a man to spend his whole life doing whatever Allah has prohibited - besides shirk with Allah - rather than spending his whole life involved in kalam.”

  Al-Shafi‘i (767–820) said by 820 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The book is silent as long as you need silence, eloquent whenever you want discourse. He never interrupts you if you are engaged but if you feel lonely he will be a good companion. He is a friend who never deceives or falters you, and he is a companion who does not grow tired of you.”

  Al-Jahiz (775–869) said by 869 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “« روشني تنها به خدمت او است و روشني جانها به استقامت . »”

  عمرو بن سلم (died 883) said by 883 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “For the Devil, the presence of learned one is by far more painful than a thousand worshipers.”

  Ali al-Rida (770–818) said by 818 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source