The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
...until the Crusades Islam was indistinguishable from Judaism and... only then did it receive its independent character, while Muhammad and the first… — Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov Copy Share Image
Khalif (Caliph) Al-Ma'mun's period of rule (813 - 833 C.E.) may be considered the 'golden age' of science and learning. He had… — John Bagot Glubb Copy Share Image
If you find that somebody is not grateful for all that you have done for him, then do not get disappointed because… — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
Blessed is he whose own faults keep him from seeing the faults of others. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
To be alone means that you avoid bad company. But to have a true friend is better than being alone. — Umar Copy Share Image
The Taliban has a huge leadership problem at a critical political moment, another caliph has announced himself to the world, and the… — Graeme Smith Copy Share Image
Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself! — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
There were a hundred booksellers in the old round city founded by the eighth-century caliph al-Mansur. The café and wine-drinking culture of… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
Real bibliophiles do not put their books on shelves for people to look at or handle. They have no desire to show… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
At the time of Caliph Omar's invasion of Egypt, the Arab officer on duty in the destruction of the library of Alexandria… — Nils Kjaer Copy Share Image
If Abu Bakr is dead and Umar is Caliph, then we hear and obey. — Khalid ibn al-Walid Copy Share Image
Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
"Pay him what was promised", said the caliph. "And put out his eyes." — John Brunner Copy Share Image
Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
