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• “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

• “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

• “O Lord! Increase light within me and give me light and illuminate me.”

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

• “Hana no iro wa utsurinikeri na itazura ni wa ga mi yo ni furu nagame seshi ma ni”

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

• “إذا رَأيْتَ نُيُوبَ اللّيْثِ بارِزَةً فَلا تَظُنّنّ أنّ اللّيْثَ يَبْتَسِمُ”

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

• “Renunciation (Zuhd) is a noble station and it is the basis of all spiritual progress. It is the first step on the way to God. Without renunciation one cannot hope to make progress in this respect.”

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

• “I saw my Lord with the eye of my heart. He said, "Who are you?" I said, "I am You." You are He Who fills all place But place does not know where You are. In my subsistence is my annihilation; In my annihilation, I remain You.”

  Mansur Al-Hallaj (858–922) said by 922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis (1978) by Steven T. Katz, p. 92; four centuries later the Christian mystic Meister Eckhart would make a very similar assertion: "The eye with which I see God is the same with which G…

• “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

• “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

• “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

• “Adormeci, pensando nele. E vi-o logo em seguida. Ah! Se tivesse sabido que era um sonho, nunca teria acordado".”

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

• “The doctrine of Tawhid is; "God is One, Alone, Single, Eternal, Everlasting, Knowing, Powerful, Living, Hearing, Seeing, Strong, Mighty, Majestic, Great, Generous. He is qualified with attributes wherewith he has named Himself. There is no Eternal but He, and no god beside Him; that He is neither body nor shape nor form nor person, nor element, nor accident.”

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

• “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.

• “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

• “It was narrated that Thawban, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah, said: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'There are two groups of my Ummah whom Allah will free from the Fire: The group that invades India (taghzoo al-hind), and the group that will be with 'Isa bin Maryam, peace be upon him.'”

  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)

• “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.-->

• “Gregorovius, Ferdinand (C.E.1895). The History of Rome in the Middle Ages, Vol. III. G. Bell & sons. Retrieved September 8, C.E.2018.”

  Pope John XII (937–964) said by 964 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.

• “O Amado não bebe uma gota de água sem ver seu rosto no copo. Deus é Aquele que flui entre o pericárdio e o coração, assim como o fluxo de lágrimas das pálpebras.”

  Mansur al-Hallaj (858–922) said by 922 at the latest wikiquote:pt, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Como citado em As dimensões místicas do Islã (1978) por Annemarie Schimmel