Al-Mutanabbi quotes

The desert knows me well, the night, the mounted men The battle and the sword, the paper and the pen. (Al-Mutanabbi)
Without hardship everyone would prevail. View quote
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Whenever you honor the honorable, you possess them. Whenever you honor the ignoble, they rebel. View quote
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Those with intellect suffer in bliss with their intellect, and the ignorant live blissfully in misery. View quote
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A young soul in my ageing body [...] Hard biter in a toothless mouth is she. View quote
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Wounded and fleeing, heroes passed you by, while your face remained bright and your lips, smiling. You surpassed the bounds of courage and understanding, until people claimed that you knew the unseen. To you belongs the praise for these pearls I pronounce; you are the giver, I the arranger. Oh, Sword never sheathed, whom none can doubt and from whom there is no refuge. Blessed are warfare, glory and eminence; blessed are your subjects and all of Islam, for you are safe! View quote
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Glory in hardship, sloth in comfort lies. View quote
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Defiantly live, or in honour die, Midst slashing blades and banners flying high. View quote
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He asks from men all that he has in himself, though even lions would not claim to match that. View quote
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A charger's saddle is an exalted throne, the best companions are books alone. View quote
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Beautiful women, as experienced men know, Are but darkness wrapped in dazzling light aglow. A life of friv'lous youth and worried age, Its futile course to futile death will flow. (Al-Mutanabbi)
If all women were like as the one we have lost, Then women would be preferred to men. For the feminine gender is no shame for the sun, Nor is the masculine gender an honor for the crescent moon. View quote
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One does not attain everything he wishes for. Winds blow counter to what the ships desire. View quote
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