Controversial Sayings

16,584 sayings found

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires.

— Jesus Christ c. 30-33 CE
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All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

— Jesus Christ c. 30-33 CE
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If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.

— Jesus Christ c. 27-30 CE
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Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

— Jesus Christ c. 30-33 CE
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I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

— Jesus Christ c. 30-33 CE
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For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

— Jesus Christ c. 27-30 CE
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But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

— Jesus Christ c. 50-60 CE (Paul's letter, reflecting Jesus' teachings)
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If the Khosrau is destroyed, no Khosrau will follow, if Caesar is ruined, no Caesar will follow. Their treasures will be divided in Allah's cause.

— Muhammad c. 628 CE
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Heraclius' city, Constantinople, will be conquered.

— Muhammad c. 620s-630s CE
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All the sins of the first armed forces who set off to conquer the capital of Byzantine would be forgiven.

— Muhammad c. 620s-630s CE
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Prophet, We have made lawful to you the wives to whom you have granted dowries and the slave girls whom God has given you as booty.

— Muhammad c. 627 CE (approximate for this Sura)
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except with their wives and slave girls, for these are lawful to them.

— Muhammad c. 610-622 CE (Meccan Sura)
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You would have got more reward if you had given her (i.e. the slave-girl) to one of your maternal uncles.

— Muhammad c. 620s-630s CE
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If a slave marries without the permission of his master, his marriage is null and void.

— Muhammad c. 620s-630s CE
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O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell-fire were you (women). They asked, 'Why is it so, O Allah's Messenger?' He replied, 'You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more de…

— Muhammad c. 620s-630s CE
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A nation with a woman as a ruler will never succeed.

— Muhammad c. 628 CE
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If a man calls his wife to his bed, and she refuses him, and he passes the night angry with her, the angels will curse her till morning.

— Muhammad c. 620s-630s CE
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No woman should fast (Nawafil) except with the permission of her husband if he is present.

— Muhammad c. 620s-630s CE
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If you embrace Islam, you will be safe. You should know that the earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle, and I want to expel you from this land. So, if anyone amongst you owns some property, he is permitted to sell it, otherwise you should know that …

— Muhammad c. 628 CE
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Fight in the name of Allah and in the way of Allah. Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy war, do not embezzle the spoils, do not break your pledge, and do not mutilate (the dead) bodies; do not kill the children.

— Muhammad c. 620s-630s CE
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