Khalid Ibn Al Rashid Quotes

She shook her head, though her shoulders trembled and her nails dug into her palms. "You are ridiculous, Khalid Ibn al-Rashid. I am just one girl. You are the Caliph of Khorasan, and you have a responsability to a kingdom."

"If you are just one girl, I am just one boy."

Shahrzad closed her eyes, unable to hold the fierce light in his gaze. ~ Renee Ahdieh

These were not the words of a madman. For the first time, Tariq saw what Shahrzad saw when she looked at Khalid Ibn al-Rashid. He saw a boy. Who loved a girl. More than anything in the world. And he hated him all the more for it. ~ Renee Ahdieh

Murderer, monster, madman... Khalid may very well be all of those things. But he's also loved. By me and by my father. But, most of all, by Shazi. With her, he is as fiercely loved as he loves. ~ Renee Ahdieh

Are you finally starting to breathe in a normal fashion?" Shahrzad teased. "I must confess I find your behavior rather odd, considering you said only a child would be afraid to fly."
"I wasn't afraid." Khalid wrapped a forearm of corded muscle around her. She slanted a disbelieving look his way. "You just lied to me."
"I wasn't afraid," he repeated. "I was terrified. ~ Renee Ahdieh

Stop being so stubborn!" Her bare feet fell to the onyx floor. "Do not make me beg you. Because I won't. I'll merely lose my temper or cry. And I have always secretly despised those who cry to wheedle their objectives. But if you force me to do it, Khalid Ibn al-Rashid, I will. And I cry beautifully." She crossed her arms and pursed her lips.

A corner of his mouth twitched. "You do not cry beautifully."

"Liar!"

"I'm not lying." He held her gaze. "I rarely lie ~ Renee Ahdieh

The warm sound of her laughter stole through Khalid's skin, heating the coldest reaches of his soul. ~ Renee Ahdieh

You are ridiculous, Khalid Ibn al-Rashid. I am just one girl. You are the Caliph of Khorasan, and you have a responsibility to a kingdom."
"If you are just one girl, I am just one boy. ~ Renee Ahdieh

May the eyes of cowards never sleep ~ Khalid Ibn Al-Walid

The earth destroys its fools, but the intelligent destroy the earth. ~ Khalid Ibn Al-Walid

And here I am, dying in my bed, like cattle die. May the eyes of cowards never sleep. ~ Khalid Ibn Al-Walid

Man intends one thing, but Allah intends another. ~ Khalid Ibn Al-Walid

Ibn Mas'ud said, "When 'Umar died nine-tenth of all knowledge vanished with him." The people were shocked and said, "How can this be when among us now are still many of the great companions?" Ibn Mas'ud replied,"I am not speaking of the knowledge of fiqh and the science of judgements, I'm speaking about the knowledge of Allah." This struggle of isolation, hunger, sleeplessness, weeping, fear and endless service to men was for this end. The journey is only for knowledge of Allah and the whole of it lies in detachment from everything that passes away. First from what is displeasing to Allah, then from one's self-illusion and desires, and then from all men and all otherness until there is only isolation and extreme nearness to Allah. ~ Khalid Muhammad Khalid

If you are truthful you will survive. If you lie you shall perish. ~ Khalid Ibn Al-Walid

Wait a while; there will come to you mounts, carrying lions in shining armor, battalions followed by battalions. ~ Khalid Ibn Al-Walid

If Abu Bakr is dead and Umar is Caliph, then we hear and obey. ~ Khalid Ibn Al-Walid

When Allah decides a matter, it is done. ~ Khalid Ibn Al-Walid

If the people of this religion are asked about the proof for the soundness of their religion, they flare up, get angry and spill the blood of whoever confronts them with this question. They forbid rational speculation, and strive to kill their adversaries. This is why truth became thoroughly silenced and concealed. ~ Muhammad Ibn Zakariya Al-Razi

We were the most humiliated people on earth and God gave us honour through Islam. If we ever seek honour through anything else, God will humiliate us again. ~ Umar Ibn Al-Khattab

The rejection of Western democracy derives from the same rejection of secularism but was further sharpened by the Saudi Arabian establishment's aversion to democracy's subversive streak and the threat it posed to the Saudi monarchy if unleashed. Saudi scholars such as Sheikh Bakr Ibn Abu Zaid consistently attacked democracy and the freedoms it flaunted as anti-Islamic. Mohammed Yusuf was heavily influenced by the writings of Saudi-based scholars such as Bakr Ibn Abu Zaid, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Ibn Abd-Allah Ibn Baaz (1910-99), and Sheikh Muhammad al-Amin ash Shanqiti (1907-73). As mentioned before, all of Yusuf's opponents side-stepped the issue of democracy being un-Islamic, thereby making the issue appear incontestable or settled. ~ Kyari Mohammed

Imaan is of two halves; half is patience (Sabr) and half is being thankful (Shukr). ~ Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

I dream of a free, democratic, peaceful Tunisia, a country that can protect its developing identity. ~ Rashid Al-Ghannushi

I appreciate my brother, His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the U.A.E. and Ruler of Dubai, and the Council of Ministers, who face every morning challenges, but plan and remove all obstacles to score achievements. ~ Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Although failure is a great teacher, we cannot afford the time to learn from our failures. Human societies cannot be subjected to such a process. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

If you knew the true value of yourself, you will never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins. ~ Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

My theory on life is that life is beautiful. Life doesn't change. You have a day, and a night, and a month, and a year. We people change - we can be miserable or we can be happy. It's what you make of your life. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

This wordly life is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. If you turn your back towards it, it has no choice but to follow you. ~ Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

If you wish to check how much you love Allah, then see how much your heart loves the Quran, and you will know the answer. ~ Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

Under Tunisian law, a woman can divorce her husband. Total equality. ~ Rashid Al-Ghannushi

From the perfection of Allah's ihsan is that He allows His slave to taste the bitterness of the break before the sweetness of the mend. So He does not break his believing slave, except to mend him. And He does not withhold from him, except to give him. And He does not test him (with hardship), except to cure him. ~ Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

Repel the thought, for if you don't, it becomes an idea. So repel the idea, for if you don't it will become a desire. So fight against that(desire), for if you don't, it will become a determination and a passion. And if you don't repel that, it will become an action. And if you don't replace it with its opposite, it will become a constant habit. So at that point, it will be difficult for you to change it. ~ Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

A true believer does not fear physical death, rather he fears the death of his heart ~ Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

Two hungry wolves let loose among sheep are not more harmful then a person craving after wealth and status is to his Deen (Religion). ~ Al-Haafidh Ibn Rajab Al-Hanbalee

My request is not for bliss of the Garden. I only desire to see You. ~ Ibn Al-Farid

Without a vision to guide our path, and without ambition that knows no limits, we can never build a bright future for generations to come. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Creativity should be integral to everything that we do. Creativity should also be intrinsic to our personality, if excellence is what we seek. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

I want Dubai to be a place where everybody from all over the world meets each other, don't think of fighting or hate, just love it, enjoy their sport, and that's it. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

«Since when you have taken people for slaves and they were born free» ~ Umar Ibn Al-Khattab

In our modern age - in the age of free information - I don't think there is any place for dictatorships. ~ Rashid Al-Ghannushi

Whoever convinces himself that he is not worthy of first position has doomed himself to failure from the very beginning. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

The dictatorship needs to be entirely dismantled. All the rest of the old guard must go. ~ Rashid Al-Ghannushi

Sufism (tasawwuf) is not wearing clothes that you patched; it is not weeping when the singers sing their songs; and it is not dancing, shouting, experiencing ecstatic states, or passing out as if you've gone mad. Rather, Sufism is to become whole without any impurities; to follow the truth, the Qur'an, and this religion; and to be seen in a state of awe, broken and remorseful about all of your sins. ~ Qadi Abu Bakr Ibn Al-Arabi

Allah was when there was nothing else than Him, and His Throne was upon the water, and He wrote in the Reminder (al-dhikr) all things, and He created the heavens and the earth. ~ Ibn Ata Allah

O people who take pleasure in a life that will vanish, falling in love with a fading shadow is sheer stupidity ~ Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

The eyelids of the burdened clouds let fall cascades
Of rain, and the parterred garden is spattered with drops. ~ Abdullah Ibn Al-Mu'tazz

Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light. ~ Abdullah Ibn Alawi Al-Haddad

Your determination and energy will be proportionate to your goal. Therefore, set a high goal for yourself and do not settle for anything less than the very best. The best is exactly what you will get if you accept no less. ~ Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

But for my sighs, I should be drowned by my tears; and but for my tears, I should be burned by my sighs. ~ Ibn Al-Farid

I believe that women should have equal rights to education, to work and to civic and political engagement. ~ Rashid Al-Ghannushi

Cemetery of al-Baqi in Medina, they utterly destroyed the tombs of the Imams Hasan, Ali ibn Husayn, Muhammed ibn Ali, and Jafar, as well as the tomb of Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad. In Mecca, they destroyed the Cemetery of Mualla, where the ancestors of Muhammad and his first wife Khadija were buried. These prominent destructions were part of a pattern of violence that witnessed the Wahhabi Saudis smash buildings, tombs and mosques associated with the history of the Prophet and his family and which were venerated by Shia. ~ Jesse Harasta

Every gulp of air that goes out in a cause other than the cause of Allah will turn to sorrow and regret on the Day of Judgement. ~ Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

The horizon all around me breathed out perfume announcing her arrival as the fragrance precedes a flower ~ IBN SAFR AL-MARINI POET OF ANDALUSIA

You don't really know a person until you live with him, travel with him or do business with him ~ Omar Ibn Al Khattab

Patience is that the heart does not feel anger towards that which is destined and that the mouth does not complain. ~ Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya