Al-Mutanabbi Quotes & Sayings

If you see the teeth of the lion, do not think that the lion is smiling at you. — Al-Mutanabbi

If you have seen nothing but the beauty of their markings and limbs, their true beauty is hidden from you. — Al-Mutanabbi

Now this court will learn
that I am the greatest in wit and courage.

I am he whose writing the blind see
and whose words grant hearing to the deaf.

Content with complete verses, I sleep,
while others strain for simple rhymes.

I laughed at the frauds and their ignorance
until, with discerning hand and mouth, I destroy them.

If you see the lion bare his teeth,
do not assume he is smiling! — Al-Mutanabbi