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https://t.co/hBzA8WLDqS Beautiful Qur'an manuscripts, Islamic art & classical Arabic quotes in translation 🌷 Islamic studies researcher
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“lillah” (to God) لِلَّٰهِ Wood panel from 11th century Andalusia, Spain.
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Lovely calligraphy from the famous “Pink Qur’an”, made in 13th-century Spain.
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“Surely God is All-Seeing of His servants.” — Qur’an 35:45
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This is in the anthology Muʿjam al-shuʿarāʾ by Abū ʿUbaydallāh al-Marzubānī (d. 994) and in many other books.
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The poets used to say: “A situation may leave souls in distress, but there is a way out, just as knots can unravel.”
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قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
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Say: ‘Travel through the earth and see how the evildoers ended up.’ — Qur’an 27:69
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This is from Nahj al-balāgha, the famed collection of material attributed to ʿAlī, compiled by al-Sharīf al-Raḍī (d. 1015).
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“Do good to others, just as you would want them to do good to you.” — ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib
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“Peace be upon you for your patience and perseverence.” — part of a heavenly greeting in Qur’an 13:24
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This old line of poetry is quoted in the book of proverbs collected by Abu ‘Ubayd al-Qasim ibn Sallam (d. 838) and in many other sources afterward. 
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إذا وترت أمراً فأحذر عداوته من يزرع الشوك لا يحصد به عنبا
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“If you wrong someone, fear the sting of their hatred. For whoever plants thorns will not harvest grapes.” — an old Arab proverb
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This is a rhyme in Arabic so that’s why the second part may be a bit hard to parse. The implication is that action done without knowledge yields no results, is futile, etc.
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