History Quote by Fazlur Rahman

“The people the Quran describes have a deep and sophisticated knowledge of the Biblical Tradition.”

— Tom Holland

“Altogether there is little that can be said about "knowledge" in pre-Islamic Arabia. There existed, it seems, an original elementary concept of knowledge as…

— Franz Rosenthal

“For the early scholars of Islam, there would have been no conflict between religion and science. The early thinkers were quite clear abou their…

— Jim Al-Khalili

Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man.

— Leonardo da Vinci

All knowledge is interesting to a wise man, and the knowledge of nature is interesting to all men.

— Matthew Arnold

A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been…

— David Hume

“The Book revealed to Muhammad is one and unique of its kind. It has left indelible impression on the hearts of humanity. Nothing can…

— Rev. B. Margoliouth

The attainment of knowledge is the high and exclusive attribute of man, among the numberless myriads of animated beings, inhabitants of the terrestrial globe.…

— John Quincy Adams

Man did not address his inquiries to the earth on which he stood until a remarkably late stage in the development of his desire…

— Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald

“Arabic science throughout its golden age was inextricably linked to religion; indeed, it was driven by the need of early scholars to interpret the…

— Jim Al-Khalili

“Knowledge,” which for al-Qônawî is never very far from Sufi gnosis, is “an abstract universal reality,” or “a single universal reality.” In contrast to…

— Franz Rosenthal

The desire for knowledge shapes a man.

— Patrick Rothfuss