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Said in the 900s
“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
“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
“Other than He cannot be qualified by two (opposite) qualities at one time; yet With Him they do not create opposition. He is hidden in His manifestation, manifest in His concealing.”
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
“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
“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)
“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
“The only guide to God is God Himself. Inspired by a great Sufi he believed; "God made us to know Himself through Himself, and guided us to knowledge of Himself through Himself, so that the attestation of gnosis arose out of gnosis through gnosis, after he who possessed gnosis had been taught gnosis by Him who is the object of gnosis.”
Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi (950–990) said by 990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.-->
“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
“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)
“Without hardship everyone would prevail.”
Al-Mutanabbi (915–965) said by 965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That servant who is claimant of Divine knowledge but seeks peace in other than God, is entrapped in severe affliction. But when comely he seeks forgiveness of the Almighty, his affliction is eliminated.”
Ibrahim Khawas (died 904) said by 904 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Renunciation of the World is the most essential mark of the spiritual journey to God.”
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
“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.
“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
“To ward the kingdom, Fortune took thy sword, And beauty chose thy hand, herself to word. In Heaven for thy decree Fate listening stands, The dinar from its ore sets out to win thy hands.”
Daqiqi (1000–977) said by 977 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.
“It was narrated from An-Nu'man bin Bashir that the Prophet said, concerning a man who had intercourse with his wife's slave woman: "If she let him do that, I will flog him with one hundred stripes , and if she did not let him, I will stone him (to death).”
Al-Nasa'i (829–915) said by 915 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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
“Yumeji ni wa Ashi mo yasumezu Kayoedo mo Utsutsu ni hitome Misbigoto wa arazu”
Ono no Komachi (825–900) said by 900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source