Qisas Quotes & Sayings

If it is right that schools should be maintained by the whole community for the well-being of the whole, it is right also that libraries should be so maintained. — Andrew Carnegie

I risked my life for you. So don't you ever again disrespect the risks I took by claiming you weren't worth it! — Jennifer A. Nielsen

O God, we praise Thee for keeping us till this day, and for the full assurance that Thou wilt never let us go. — Charles Spurgeon

Crimes are classified into three divisions: Hudud, Tazir, and Qisas. Crimes of Hudud are crimes that are denounced by God; the punishment is made known in the Koran. Crimes of Tazir are given to the appropriate authority to determine punishment. Crimes of Qisas give the victim the right to retaliate. — Jean Sasson

Life is too short to spend forty to fifty hours around people who do nothing but stress you out and make you desire to go stick your head in a blender. — Perry Noble

Who can say what obscure forces were then at work in a heart that had never been tamed? — Allain Fournier

Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III. — Paul Robeson

A familiar example cited by ulama is the law of talion, "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth", which was obligatory in the religious law of Moses (upon whom be peace), subsequently forbidden by the religious law of Jesus (upon whom be peace) in which "turning the other cheek" was obligatory; and finally both were superseded by the law of Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace), which permits victims to take retaliation (qisas) for purely intentional physical injuries, but in which it is religiously superior not to retaliate but forgive. — Nuh Ha Mim Keller

Wakefulness is the only saintliness there is, and sleepiness, unconsciousness, is the only sin there is; all other sins are born out of it. Cut the root, cut the very root! Don't go on pruning the leaves. — Rajneesh

Reason can never reconcile one to life: nothing allays the wants one cannot explain. — Elizabeth Bowen

I try to write about small insignificant things. I try to find out if it's possible to say anything about them. And I almost always do if I sit down and write about something. There is something in that thing that I can write about. It's very much like a rehearsal. An exercise, in a way. — Karl Ove Knausgard