Abdelrahman Badran

“Ibn Arabi observes that the most perfect of mystic lovers are
those who love God simultaneously for himself and for them-
selves, because this capacity reveals in them the unification of
their twofold nature (a resolution of the torn "conscience
malheureuse" ). He who has made himself capable of such love
is able to do so because he combines mystic knowledge ( ma
rrifa ) with vision ( shuhud) .”
― Henry Corbin, Alone with the Alone: Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi

“We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth from whatever source it comes to us, even if it is brought to us by former generations and foreign people. For him who seeks the truth there is nothing if higher value than truth itself”
― Albert Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples

“Knowledge is better than wealth, because you must take care of wealth but knowledge takes care of you”
― Nizam al-Mulk

“أن الحضارة الغربية التي تفتقر إلى الشرعية القيمية ، والتي تعتمد على تفوقها المادي المجرد ، لا يمكن أن تشكل أرقى صور الحضارة الإنسانية. لذا يتعين على المسلمين تحري الدقة والحذر ، وأن يكونوا انتقائيين أثناء تفاعلهم مع مكونات الحضارة الغربية”
― Ahmet Davutoğlu, العالم الإسلامي في مهب التحولات الحضارية