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“The servant does not attain to assurance of the doctrine of the Unity except by means of gnosis.”
Abu Talib al-Makki (died 996) said by 996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He acts without contact, instructs without meeting, guides without pointing. Desires do not conflict with Him, thoughts do not mingle with Him: His essence is without qualification (takyeef), His action without effort (takleef).”
Mansur Al-Hallaj (858–922) said by 922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Allah (God), as quoted in Doctrine of Sufis (1977) by Abû Bakr al- Kalâbâdî, as translated by A. J. Arberry, Ch. 5 p. 16
“The reason why Multán is designated "the boundary of the house of gold" is, that the Muhammadans, though poor at the time they conquered the place, enriched themselves by the gold which they found in it.”
Ibn Hawqal (943–978) said by 978 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The doctor's aim is to do good, even to our enemies, so much more to our friends, and my profession forbids us to do harm to our kindred, as it is instituted for the benefit and welfare of the human race, and God imposed on physicians the oath not to compose mortiferous remedies.”
Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (866–925) said by 925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Τοῖς γὰρ τῶν ἀρχόντων φρονήμασι φιλεῖ πως συνδιατί-θεσθαι τὸ ἀρχόμενον, ὡς ἂν κατὰ τὴν παροιμίαν· μὴ ἔλαφοι λεόντων ἄρχουσιν ἀλλὰ λέοντες ἐλάφων.”
Leo VI the Wise (866–912) said by 912 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Constitution 2: Qualities Required in the General, sect. 32 (tr. George Dennis, 2010)
“My wish it is that you should always provide the destitute with food.”
Æthelstan (895–939) said by 939 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ordinance Relating to Charities, quoted in Tom Holland, Athelstan: The Making of England (2016), p. 71
“Cantemus cuncti melodum nunc, Alleluia ...”
Notker the Stammerer (840–912) said by 912 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Translated by J. M. Neale, in The Hymnal Noted, rev. ed. (1854); Mediaeval Hymns, 2nd ed. (1863); The Book of Praise (1863), no. 29
“After this with kingly energy and determination, he girded up his loins for a war of religion, and invaded Hindustan, and carried away many prisoners of war and other plunder; and in every country, which he conquered, he founded mosques, and he endeavoured to ruin and desolate the territories of Raja Jaipal who, at that time, was the ruler of Hindustan.”
Sabuktigin (942–997) said by 997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Tabaqat-i-Akbari translated by B. De, Calcutta, 1973, Vol. I, p. 3.
“It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allah married me when I was six, and consummated the marriage with me when I was nine." (Sahih)”
Al-Nasa'i (829–915) said by 915 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Daqiqi has chosen four qualities of all good and evil things in the world: Ruby-colored lips and the sound of the lute. Old red wine and the Zoroastrian religion!”
Daqiqi (1000–977) said by 977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Stewart, Sarah: The Zoroastrian Flame: Exploring Religion, History and Tradition, 2016
“God loves only those who are not concerned with anything else.”
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Jabbar ibn al-Hasan al-Niffari (901–977) said by 977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Trust in God is the last station on the Divine Path for nothing remains to be attained through mystical efforts after having experienced spiritual satisfaction.”
Abu Nasr as-Sarraj (died 988) said by 988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A charger's saddle is an exalted throne, the best companions are books alone.”
Al-Mutanabbi (915–965) said by 965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A just city should favor justice and the just, hate tyranny and injustice, and give them both their just desserts.”
Al-Farabi (870–951) said by 951 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: H. Gibb et al., eds., "Mazalim", The Dictionary of Islam vol. IV (Leiden: Brill, 1991)
“John... Bishop Speyer, Otger, he ordered to be seized and whipped, and held, though with difficulty, for some time with him, then he soon set him free, in the hope of obtaining the emperor's forgiveness, but in this hope he was deceived by God's command, for on the second ides of May he departed from earthly life.”
Pope John XII (937–964) said by 964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Amongst the kings of Sind and Hind none treats the Muslims who are established in their domains with more distinction than the Ballahara.”
Al-Masudi (896–957) said by 957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hito ni awamu Tsuki no naki yo wa Omoiokite Mune hashiri hi ni Kokoro yakeori”
Ono no Komachi (825–900) said by 900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bliss within the burghs, when I burst forth with a cadenced song”
Cynewulf (900–900) said by 900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Riddle IX, 'Riddle, The Nightingale', quoted by F. S. Flint, Preface, 'Otherworld Cadences', Poetry Bookshop, London, 1920
“For already I have learned, that a general's fame stands on a pile of dry bones Of what were once the people.”
Ts'ao Sung (830–902) said by 902 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tsao Sung, War. In: Yu Kuan-ying (1954) "Book Review Peace Throwgh the Ages" in People's China, (1954) nr 14. July 16, 1954.-->
“A Muslim is a person who has dedicated his worship exclusively to God, for just as we say in Arabic that something is ‘salima’ to a person, meaning that it became solely his own, so in the same way ‘Islām’ means making one's religion and faith God's alone.”
Ibn al-Anbari (884–940) said by 940 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Al-Fakhr al-Rāzī's Commentary on the Qur'an, I, p. 432, Cairo, 1318/1900. As quoted in Abdel Haleem Mahmud, The Creed of Islam (1978), p. 13.