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“When trouble arose between 'All and Mu'awiyah as a necessary consequence of group feeling, they were guided in (their dissensions) by the truth and by independent judgment. They did not fight for any worldly purpose or over preferences of no value, or for reasons of personal enmity. This might be suspected, and heretics might like to think so. However, what caused their difference was their independent judgment as to where the truth lay. It was on this matter that each side opposed the point of view of the other. It was for this that they fought. Even though 'Ali was in the right, Mu'awiyah's intentions were not bad ones. He wanted the truth, but he missed (it). Each was right in so far as his intentions were concerned.”
― The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History
― The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History
“من كان مرباه بالعسف والقهر من المتعلمين أو المماليك أو الخدم سطا به القهر، وضيّق على النفس فى انبساطها، وذهب بنشاطها، ودعاه إلى الكسل، وحُمِلَ على الكذب والخبث وهو التظاهر بغير ما فى ضميره خوفـًا من انبساط الأيدى بالقهر عليه، وعلّمه المكر والخديعة لذلك، وصارت له هذه عادةً وخُلُقـًا، وفسدت معانى الإنسانية التى له من حيث الاجتماع والتمرن، وهى الحَمِية والمدافعة عن نفسه ومنزله، وصار عيالاً على غيره فى ذلك، بل وكسلت النفس عن اكتساب الفضائل والخُلُق الجميل، فانقبضت عن غايتها ومدى إنسانيتها، فارتكس وعاد فى أسفل السافلين.”
― مقدمة ابن خلدون
― مقدمة ابن خلدون
“إن مجتمع ما بعد التحضر ليس مجتمعاً يقف مكانه, بل هو يتقهقر إلى الوراء بعد أن هجر درب حضارته وقطع صلته بها.”
― مشكلة الأفكار في العالم الإسلامي
― مشكلة الأفكار في العالم الإسلامي
“Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.”
― The Fountainhead
― The Fountainhead
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