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• “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

• “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

• “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.

• “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

• “Καὶ γὰρ ἐπισφαλές ἐστι καὶ ἐπικίνδυνον ἡ δι' ὄψεως μόνον μάχη καὶ πρὸς οἱονδήποτε ἔθνος γινομένη, κἂν τάχα καὶ ὀλιγώτερον πλῆθός ἐστι τὸ ἀντικαθιστάμενον.”

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

  Recorded in: Constitution 12: Advance Preparation for Battle, sect. 27 (tr. George Dennis, 2010)

• “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

• “Gnosis (Marifat) is of three kinds: The gnosis of acceptance, the gnosis of reality and the gnosis of contemplation. And in the gnosis of contemplation, understanding and learning and explanation and disputation fade away.”

  Abu Nasr as-Sarraj (died 988) said by 988 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

• “[[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

• “Mann, Horace K. (C.E.1910). The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages, Vol. IV: The Popes in the Days of Feudal Anarchy, 891-999.”

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

• “If you [Muslims] are under their [infidels] authority, fearing for yourselves, behave loyally to them, with your tongue, while harboring inner animosity for them. Allah has forbidden believers from being friendly or on intimate terms with the infidels in place of believers except when infidels are above them [in authority]. In such a scenario, let them act friendly towards them.”

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

  Recorded in: About Quran 3.28. Tafsir, quoted in The critical qur’an: explained from key islamic commentaries and contemporary historical research. (2021). . Bombardier Books.

• “A charger's saddle is an exalted throne, the best companions are books alone.”

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

• “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

• “The mystic never returns to his selfhood after having experienced the state of Fana.”

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

• “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.-->

• “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

• “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, and I used to play with dolls." (Sahih)”

  Al-Nasa'i (829–915) said by 915 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