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“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
“The beloved does not drink a single drop of water without seeing His Face in the cup. Allah is He Who flows between the pericardium and the heart, just as the tears flow from the eyelids.”
Mansur Al-Hallaj (858–922) said by 922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Mystical Dimensions of Islam (1978) by Annemarie Schimmel
“If the claimant of Divine knowledge does not alienate himself from the common folk, Allah Most High separates him from His mercy making him lustful, so much so people hate him. He loses world and faith.”
Ibrahim Khawas (died 904) said by 904 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.
“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
“[[w:Debal|Debal[[ is remarkable for the richness of its grain cultivation, but it is not over-abundant in large trees or the date tree. It is famous for the manufacture of swords. The inhabitants generally maintain themselves by their commerce.”
Ibn Hawqal (943–978) said by 978 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have been dealt a situation from which there is no escape. You have seen what Muhammad has done. Arabs have submitted to him and we do not have the strength to fight. You know that no herd is safe from him. And no one even dares go outside for fear of being terrorized.”
Al-Tabari (839–922) said by 922 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
“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
“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.
“DeCormenin, Louis Marie; Gihon, James L (C.E.1857). A Complete History of the Popes of Rome, from Saint Peter, the First Bishop to Pius the Ninth.”
Pope John XII (937–964) said by 964 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
“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)
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Imperceptible It withers in the world, This flower-like human heart.”
Ono no Komachi (825–900) said by 900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Patience is a true means for reaching God. In patience the soul rejoices spiritual bliss and kinship with the Beloved. This is stage when the seeker of God heartily welcomes afflictions which appear on the way to Him”
Abu Talib al-Makki (died 996) said by 996 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
“泽国江山入战图， 生民何计乐樵苏； 凭君莫话封侯事， 一将功成万骨枯。”
Ts'ao Sung (830–902) said by 902 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As translated by in A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems (London: Constable & Co., Ltd., 1918)
Also quoted by: 曹松 (zh)