Thinkers of the Medieval Period
Ali Hujwiri
1009 – 1072
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Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Uthman al-Jullabi al-Hujwiri, known reverentially as Data Sahib, was an Islamic scholar and mystic who authored Kashf al-Mahjub, the earliest treatise on Sufism in the Persian language. Born in the Ghaznavid Empire, al-Hujwiri is believed to have contributed "significantly" to the spread of Islam in South Asia through his preaching.
Implore God to deliver you from the wickedness of your soul.
Ramanuja
1017 – 1137
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Ramanuja, also known as Ramanujacharya, was an Indian Hindu philosopher, guru and social reformer. He is one of the most important exponents of the Sri Vaishnavism tradition in Hinduism. His philosophical foundations for devotional practice were influential in the Bhakti movement.
When the food is pure the Sattva element gets purified, the memory becomes unwavering.
Murasaki Shikibu
973 – 1014
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Unforgettably horrible is the naked body. It really does not have the slightest charm.
Omar Khayyám
1048 – 1131
Mathematicsquotes
Omar Khayyam (1048–1131) was a Persian poet and polymath, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and Persian literature. He was born in Nishapur, Iran and lived during the Seljuk era, around the time of the First Crusade.
Edward FitzGerald's Fifth edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám
Harsha of Kashmir
1050 – 1101
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Imam Ibn Hazm (R.A.)
994 – 1064
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Ibn Hazm was an Andalusian Muslim polymath, historian, traditionist, jurist, philosopher, and theologian, born in the Córdoban Caliphate, present-day Spain. Described as one of the strictest hadith interpreters, Ibn Hazm was a leading proponent and codifier of the Zahiri school of Islamic jurisprudence, and produced a reported 400 works, of which only 40 still survive.
There are mobile objects and stationary objects, but there is neither motion nor staticness.
Ibrahim of Ghazna
1032 – 1099
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Ibrahim of Ghazna was sultan of the Ghaznavid empire from April 1059 until his death in 1099. Having been imprisoned at the fortress of Barghund, he was one of the Ghaznavid princes that escaped the usurper Toghrul's massacre in 1052. After his brother Farrukh-Zad took power, Ibrahim was sent to the fortress of Nay, the same fortress where the poet Masud Sa'd Salman would later be imprisoned for ten years.
Khwaja Abdullah Ansari
1006 – 1089
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Abu Ismaïl Abdullah al-Harawi al-Ansari or Abdullah Ansari of Herat (1006–1089) also known as Pir-i Herat "Sage of Herat", was a Sufi saint, who lived in Herat, Ghaznavid Empire. Ansari was a commentator on the Qur'an, scholar of the Hanbali school of thought (madhhab), traditionalist, polemicist and spiritual master, known for his oratory and poetic talents in Persian language.
Seyyed Hossein Nasr: Sufi Essays, printed in London, Great Britain, 1972
Words from October 26
"Implore God to deliver you from the wickedness of your soul."
Ali Hujwiri
1009
"Blind conformity had taken the place of spiritual enthusiasm."
Ali Hujwiri
1009
"When the food is pure the Sattva element gets purified, the memory becomes unwavering."
Ramanuja
1017
"What an individual pursues as a desirable end depends upon what he conceives himself to be."
Ramanuja
1017
"Unforgettably horrible is the naked body. It really does not have the slightest charm."
Murasaki Shikibu
973
"I have never thought there was much to be said in favor of dragging on long after all one's friends were dead."
Murasaki Shikibu
973