Quotes about muhammad
Idries Shah - The Sufis
The worst of sages is a visitor of princes the best of princes is a visitor of sages.
Reza Aslan - Evolution and Future of Islam
Muhammad was not yet establishing a new religion he was calling for sweeping social reforms. He was not yet preaching monotheism he was demanding economic justice.
Leo Tolstoy -
Muhammad has always been standing higher than the Christianity. He does not consider god as a human being and never makes himself equal to God. Muslims worship nothing except God and Muhammad is his Messenger. There is no any mystery and secret in it.
Alphonse de Lamartine - History of Turkey
Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images, the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire: that is MUHAMMAD. As regards all the standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask IS THERE ANY MAN GREATER THAN HE?
William Montgomery Watt - Muhammad at Mecca
His readiness to undergo persecutions for his beliefs, the high moral character of the men who believed in him and looked up to him as leader, and the greatness of his ultimate achievement - all argue his fundamental integrity. To suppose Muhammad an impostor raises more problems than it solves. Moreover, none of the great figures of history is so poorly appreciated in the West as Muhammad
Anonymous - The Qur'an / القرآن الكريم
It is He Who sent down to thee, in truth, the Book (Quran), confirming what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind, and He sent down the criterion (Quran) (of judgment between right and wrong). - Holy Quran 3:3
Naeem Abdullah - Islam: A Favor to Humanity
The world today is fast becoming one.Humanity is one, God is one and mankind are all part of one human family.all Religions are connected, and they all lead to faith in the one God, no matter what name we give him he is but one God.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah -
Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah -
Come forward as servants of Islam, organize the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that will be accepted by everybody.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetUnderstandingSpeak to everyone in accordance with his degree of understanding.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetThe TongueA man slips with his tongue more than with his feet.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetThe JudgeA man appointed to be a judge has been killed without a knife.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetAngerYou ask for a piece of advice. I tell you: 'Do not get angry.' He is strong who can withhold anger.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetEnvyEnvy devours good deeds, as a fire devours fuel.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
TeachingOne hour's teaching is better than a whole night of prayer.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetInk and BloodThe ink of the learned is holier than the blood of the martyr.
نزار قباني -
Jerusalem! My Love,My TownI wept until my tears were dryI prayed until the candles flickeredI knelt until the floor creakedI asked about Mohammed and ChristOh Jerusalem, the fragrance of prophetsThe shortest path between earth and skyOh Jerusalem, the citadel of lawsA beautiful child with fingers charredand downcast eyesYou are the shady oasis passed by the ProphetYour streets are melancholyYour minarets are mourningYou, the young maiden dressed in blackWho rings the bells at the Nativity Church
Abhijit Naskar - God & Neurons: Memoir of a scientist who found himself by getting lost
The transcendental state of Absolute Oneness sets the human mind free.
Abhijit Naskar - God & Neurons: Memoir of a scientist who found himself by getting lost
Once the lotus of your inner divinity gets full-blown and you reach the mental state where all the religious giants of human history experienced the all-encompassing sense of godliness, the exuberance of the human mind turns infinite. Awakening into that state makes all the perceptual limitations of the mind disappear, just like a bucket of muddy water turns crystal-clear once poured into the ocean.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetDesireDesire not the world, and God will love you. Desire not what others have, and they will love you.
Salman Rushdie - The Satanic Verses
Mahound comes to me for revelation, asking me to choose between monotheist and henotheist alternatives, and I'm just some idiot actor having a bhaenchud nightmare, what the fuck do I know, yaar, what to tell you, help. Help.
Thomas Carlyle - Hero Worship and the Heroic in History
The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only.
Jalaluddin Rumi -
Like a sculptor, if necessary,carve a friend out of stone.Realize that your inner sight is blindand try to see a treasure in everyone.
Noah Levine - Against the Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries
Religion, which was obviously created to give meaning and purpose to people, has become part of the oppression. This is true in both Eastern and Western religious traditions. The Buddha, Jesus and Muhammad were all revolutionaries who critiqued and attempted to dismantle the corrupt societal traditions of their time. Yet their teachings, like most things in human society, have been distorted and co-opted by the confused and power-hungry patriarchal tradition. What were wonce the creation myths o
Muhammad (PBUH) -
Kindness is a mark of faith, whoever is not; has no faith.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the Prophet.Ink and Blood:The ink of the learned is holier than the blood of the martyr.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Day and NightThe night is long: do not shorten it by sleep. The day is fair: do not darken it with wrongdoing.
Anonymous -
The strongest man is the one who, when he gets angry and his face reddens and his hackles rise, is able to defeat his anger.(Reported by Imaam Ahmad, 5/367, and classified as hasan in Saheeh al-Jaami’, 3859)
Anonymous -
The Best of you, are those who are the Best to their families.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetStruggleThe holy warrior is he who struggles with himself.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetHumilityHumility and courtesy are themselves a part of piety.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetDeathDie before your death.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetSleepSleep is the brother of death.
Alphonse de Lamartine - History of Turkey
If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad?
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetObligation to LearnThe pursuit of knowledge is obligatory on every Muslim.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetTruthSpeaking the truth to the unjust is the best of holy wars.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetTHE PEOPLEIt is the people who are God's family.(Muhammad the Prophet)
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetSome behaviourI am like a man who has lighted a fire, and all the creeping things have rushed to burn themselves in it.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetThe BequestI have nothing to leave you except my family.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetFoodNobody has eaten better food than that won by his own labour.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetAccusationsAnyone reviling a brother for a sin will not himself die before committing it.
Idries Shah -
Saying of the Prophet.Lies, promises, trustHe is not of mine who lies, breaks a promise or fails in his trust.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetTasksWhoever makes all his tasks one task, God will help him in his other concerns.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetPracticeWho are the learned? Those who put into practice what they know.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetOppressionWhen oppression exists, even the bird dies in its nest.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Helping othersI order you to assist any oppressed person, whether he is a Moslem or not.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetDistributionGod it is who gives: I am only a distributor.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetWomenWomen are the twin-halves of men.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetReflectionThe Faithful are mirrors, one to the other.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetPrivacyWhoever invades people´s privacy corrupts them.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetLoveDo you think you love your Creator? Love your fellow-creature first.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetObjectsIt is your attachment to objects which make you blind and deaf.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the Prophet. The Bequest: I have nothing to leave you except my family.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetAngerYou ask for a piece of advice. I tell you : 'Do not get angry.' He is strong who can withhold anger.
Will Durant -
If we rated greatness by the influence of the great, we will say "Muhammad is the greatest of the great in history
Gustave Le Bon -
Muhammad is the greatest man that history ever knew
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetHelping othersI order you to assist any oppressed person, whether he is a Muslim or not.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Teaching:One hour's teaching is better than a whole night of prayer.Saying of the Prophet
Allama Iqbal -
Jahan mein ehle-e-imaan soorat-e-khursheed jeetay hain,Idhar doobey, udhar nikley; udhar doobey, idhar nikleyIn this world, men of faith and self-confidence are like the sun,They go down on one side to come up on the other.
Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams
Saying of the ProphetMonkishnessNo monkery in Islam.
Muhammad al Warraq -
That Muhammad could predict certain events does not prove that he was a prophet: he may have been able to guess successfully, but this does not mean that he had real knowledge of the future. And certainly the fact that he was able to recount events from the past does not prove that he was a prophet, because he could have read about those events in the Bible and, if he was illiterate, he could still have had the Bible read to him.
Anonymous -
Don't waste water even if you were at a running stream