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“حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَادَةَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ هَارُونَ - أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُحَادَةَ، عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ الْعَوْفِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَفْضَلُ الْجِهَادِ كَلِمَةُ عَدْلٍ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ " . أَوْ " أَمِيرٍ جَائِرٍ " .”
Sunan Abi Dawud (817–888) said by 888 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God gives his servant no source of strength more powerful for him than when He leads him to humiliate himself.”
Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796–861) said by 861 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
“The Soul appears to be finite because of ignorance. When ignorance is destroyed the Self which does not admit of any multiplicity truly reveals itself by itself: like the Sun when the clouds pass away.”
Adi Shankara (788–820) said by 820 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If Zoroastrian and idolatrous women are taken prisoner, they are coerced into Islam; if they embrace it, sexual relations with them are permissible and they can (also) be used as maidservants. If they do not embrace Islam, they are used as maidservants but not for sexual relations.”
Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780–855) said by 855 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ibn Hanbal cited in Jāmi‘ of al-Khallāl (d. 311 A.H. / 923 A.D.) quoted in Yohanan Friedmann, "Tolerance and Coercion in Islam: Interfaith Relations in the Muslim Tradition (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)" F…
“Abu Wa'il narrated: "Ali said to Abu Al-Hayyaj Al-Asadi: 'I am dispatching you with what the Prophet dispatched me: "That you not leave an elevated grave without leveling it, nor an image without erasing it.”
Al-Tirmidhi (825–892) said by 892 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We ought not to be ashamed of appreciating the truth and of acquiring it wherever it comes from, even if it comes from races distant and nations different from us. For the seeker of truth nothing takes precedence over the truth.”
Al-Kindi (801–873) said by 873 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ibid., trans. Alfred L. Ivry, Al-Kindi's Metaphysics (SUNY Press, 1978) p. 58
“Trust in God is that the heart lives with Allah Most High without other attachment. He also said Trust in God is the state of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and earning is his Sunnah. So whoever maintains his state will never abandon his Sunnah.”
Sahl al-Tustari (818–896) said by 896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Надежда – это сон для тех, кто бодрствует.”
Карл Великий (742–814) said by 814 at the latest wikiquote:ru, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Þæt is nū hraðost to seċġenne þæt iċ wilnode weorðfullīċe to libbenne þā hwīle þe iċ lifde, and æfter mīnum līfe þām mannum tō lǣfanne þe æfter mē wǣren mīn ġemynd on gōdum weorcum.”
Alfred the Great (849–899) said by 899 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Из тех, кто рядом с тобою, поощряй не тех, кто все, что ты сделал, превозносит, но тех, кто сурово бранит тебя за твои ошибки.”
Василий I Македонянин (811–886) said by 886 at the latest wikiquote:ru, 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
“Everyone reaps what he sows.”
Hasan al-Askari (845–874) said by 874 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Repentance is attained by the saints with the Divine grace and it comes from the side of God who enlightens the hearts of those whom He loves. Seeking a formal forgiveness is the sin for lying. If I seek repentance of my self, I shall have need of repentance again.”
Rabia of Basra (710–801) said by 801 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Perhaps I shall survive, perhaps not. I have been known as the commander. Wherever I am present or am mentioned, I am the king.”
Babak Khorramdin (798–838) said by 838 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Всякое одоление страсти есть изгнание беса”
Феодор Студит (759–826) said by 826 at the latest wikiquote:ru, 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
“I endured afflictions and sowrrow When death took Haylanah to itself. I parted from my happiness when I lost her And care not now what it may be. She was my world: and when she sank Into her grave, I parted from my world. Verily people have multiplied, but I Behold no creature after her. By Allah, I shall not forget thee As long as the wind shaketh the boughs on the upland.”
Harun al-Rashid (766–809) said by 809 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The local officials invited Linji to preach. Linji went up to the teaching hall and said: “Today I have no alternative but to bend to human sentiment—thus I have ascended to this seat [to preach]. By the standards of the Zen school, when you attempt to extol the great matter [of enlightenment], you simply cannot open your mouth. There’s no place for you to get a foothold.”
Linji Yixuan (850–867) said by 867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I remember, when I was young, How easily my mood changed from sad to gay. If I saw wine, no matter at what season, Before I drank it, my heart was already glad. But now that age comes, A moment of joy is harder and harder to get. And always I fear that when I am quite old The strongest liquor will leave me comfortless.”
Bai Juyi (772–846) said by 846 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“念念不見一切相，莫認前後三際，前際無去，今際無住，後際無來，安然端坐，任運不拘，方名解脫。”
Huangbo Xiyun (800–855) said by 855 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source