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• “By the following Friday, Mansur had dealt with thirty thousand Muslims who had been paying the jizyah and eighty thousand polytheists who had been exempted from the jizyah. He imposed the jizyah on the polytheists and removed it from the Muslims.”

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

  Recorded in: Statement about Mansur b. Umar b. Abi al-Kharqa , as quoted in The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS (2018), Robert Spencer, ch 3.

• “«اگر کسی در گفتار بر تو چیره شود، امّا هیچ کس در سکوت بر تو چیره نخواهد شد.»”

  ابوالوفا محمد بوزجانی (940–998) said by 998 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Iro miede utsurou mono wa yo no naka no hito no kokoro no hana ni zo arikeru”

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

• “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.

• “«صوفی آن بود که هیچ چیز در بند او نبود و او در بند هیچ چیز نشود.»”

  ابوالحسین نوری (839–907) said by 907 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«نیک‌بخت آن کسی که داد و بخورد// شوربخت آنکه او نخورد و نداد»”

  رودکی (859–941) said by 941 at the latest wikiquote:fa, 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

• “«آنکه خویشتن را بالاتر و برتر از آنچه هست داند هرگز به سر حد کمال نرسد.»”

  فارابی (870–951) said by 951 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«هر جوهری از جواهر جهان هستی به حسب ذات، دارای فعلی خاص و عملی ویژه‌است. در این میان آنچه مخصوص به انسان است و فعل ویژه وی به شمار می‌آید، این است که می‌تواند حق را بشناسد و بر اساس آن عمل کند. به این ترتیب کامل‌ترین مردم کسی است که در معرفت حق از دیگران بهره‌مندتر است و در عمل کردن به مقتضای حق از همه تواناتر.»”

  ابوالحسن عامری (912–992) said by 992 at the latest wikiquote:fa, 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.

• “«عقلِ کاتب در قلم اوست، و گفتارِ نیکویش دامِ دل‌هاست.»”

  قاسم بن عبیدالله (801–904) said by 904 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “The worshipper, when completely annihilates himself in His adoration, realize the real state of proximity to Him. God Himself removes the barrier between such an inspired devotee and Himself and reveals His Godhead.”

  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

• “«انسانی که هدفش خدمت به خداست ممکن است انسان خوبی باشد اما انسانی که هدفش خدمت به انسان باشد؛ حتماً انسان خوبی است.»”

  محمد بن زکریای رازی (866–925) said by 925 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«ایرانیان همه از نسل انوشیروان و پرویز نیستند، وانگهی آن دولت از دست برفت و به دولتِ گذشته بالیدن، درست به استخوان پوسیده نازیدن است. و کسی که افتخار کند به اینکه من از مردم فارس هستم و انوشیروان هم فارس بوده است به کسی که بگوید من از جنس آدمی هستم و انوشیروان هم بنی آدم بوده، برابر می‌باشد.»”

  علی بن حسین مسعودی (896–957) said by 957 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “« بخشنده اوست که آزادگان را بخشنده باشد و بزرگوار اوست که دینارش را کوچک بشمارد.»”

  ابوبکر خوارزمی (935–993) said by 993 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«دوست داشتم که همه روزم نیز شب بود تا با دوستان همنشین باشم. »”

  ابوالعباس ثعلب (815–904) said by 904 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«ما مردگان خود را به خاک می‌سپاریم، حال آنکه دیگران روی پیکران آنان گام می‌بردارند.»”

  ابوطیب متنبی (915–965) said by 965 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “«شخصی که به زیلع [ جیبوتی امروزی] و کشور حبشه سفر کرده بود برای من حکایت کرد که در دریای حبشه یک نوع ماهی وجود دارد که صورت و بدن او شبیه است به صورت و بدن انسان و همچنان دارای دست و پا می‌باشد…»”

  بزرگ بن شهریار (900–961) said by 961 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “« آرزومندی میوهٔ محبّت است ، هر که خدا را دوست می‌دارد آرزومندِ خدا و دیدارِ اوست. » از تذکرة الأولیاء”

  ابوعثمان حیری (844–910) said by 910 at the latest wikiquote:fa, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “أَنَامُ مِلْءَ جُفُونِي عَنْ شَوَارِدِهَا *** وَيَسْهَرُ الْخَلْقُ جَرَّاهَا وَيَخْتَصِمُ”

  Al-Mutanabbi (915–965) said by 965 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

• “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