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• “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.

• “Patience is adherence to the ordinance of the Book (Quran) and the Sunnah.”

  Ibrahim Khawas (died 904) said by 904 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Norwich, John Julius (C.E.2011). The Popes: A History”

  Pope John XII (937–964) said by 964 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Gnosis (Marifat) is fire and faith light, gnosis is ecstasy and faith a gift. He differentiates between the believer and gnostic saying that the believer sees by the light of God and the gnostic sees by means of God Himself, and the believer has a heart, but the gnostic has no heart.”

  Abu Nasr as-Sarraj (died 988) said by 988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The qualities of saintliness are; withdrawal from the world, inclining the soul awat from it, leaving all settled bodies, keeping constantly to travel, denying the carnal soul its pleasures, purifying conduct, cleansing the conscience, dilation of breast and quality of the leadership.”

  Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi (950–990) said by 990 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)

• “It was narrated from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah had a female slave with whom he had intercourse, but 'Aishah and Hafsah would not leave him alone until he said that she was forbidden for him. Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: "O Prophet! Why do you forbid (for yourself) that which Allah has allowed to you.' until the end of the Verse.”

  Al-Nasa'i (829–915) said by 915 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Στρατηγός ἐστιν ὁ τοῦ ὑπὸ χεῖρα στρατιωτικοῦ θέματος κορυφαίος ἄρχων, | ἐκ βασιλέως μὲν προχειριζόμενος.”

  Leo VI the Wise (866–912) said by 912 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Constitution 1: Tactics and the General, sect. 10 (tr. George Dennis, 2010)

• “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

• “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.

• “Though Divine knowledge transcends all thoughts and symbols, yet the mystic's sincere meditation discovers the Ultimare Truth.”

  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

• “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

• “Éala Éarendel engla beorhtast ofer middangeard monnum sended.”

  Cynewulf (900–900) said by 900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Crist", as translated by Humphrey Carpenter in Tolkien: A Biography (1977), p. 64

• “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.-->

• “إِذَا أَنْتَ أَكْرَمْتَ الْكَرِيمَ مَلَكْتَهُ وَإِنْ أَنْتَ أَكْرَمْتَ اللَّئِيمَ تَمَرَّدَا”

  Al-Mutanabbi (915–965) said by 965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Gnosis truly, is a light which God casts into the heart. True knowledge of God is gained when the lover comes in contact with the Beloved through secret communion with Him.”

  Abu Talib al-Makki (died 996) said by 996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “After the Messenger had finished with the Khaybar Jews, Allah cast terror into the hearts of the Jews in Fadak when they received news of what Allah had brought upon Khaybar. Fadak became the exclusive property of Allah’s Messenger.”

  Al-Tabari (839–922) said by 922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Concealment does not veil Him His pre-existence preceded time, His being preceded not-being, His eternity preceded limit.”

  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. 15

• “A composite whose body is of light, But all its soul and spirit of fiery strain; A star that hath its setting in the mouth, But ever rises on the cheeks again”

  Daqiqi (1000–977) said by 977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Although I come to you constantly over the roads of dreams, those nights of love are not worth one waking touch of you.”

  Ono no Komachi (825–900) said by 900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source