Medina Quotes

“Being the Novelist-in-Residence at a riad hotel in the kasbah of an Arabic North African city is a lot like trying to write one’s memoirs on shreds of napkins in a nuthouse.”
― Roman Payne

“Ansar is an Arabic term that means helpers or supporters. They were the citizens of Medina who helped Prophet Mohammed upon His arrival to the Holy city. While 'Hussain' is a derivation of 'Hassan' that means 'GOOD' (I also owe this one to Khaled Hosseini).
That's how my favorite character in my debut novel 'When Strangers meet..' gets his name... HUSSAIN ANSARI, because he is the one who helps Jai realize the truth in the story and inspires his son, Arshad, to have FAITH in Allah.”
― K. Hari Kumar, When Strangers meet..

“The jealous and the foolish ones thought that they won after Prophet Muhammad [S.A.W.] had gone from Mecca to Medina! In history, they are only known as the evil conspirators but Hazrat Muhammad [S.A.W.] is the last prophet and the greatest human being!”
― Md. Ziaul Haque

“I would certainly spank my mom.”
― Jose Medina

“পরিস্থিতির স্বার্থে হযরত মোহাম্মদ [সা.] মক্কা ছেড়ে মদিনায় যাবার পর হিংসুটে বোকারা ভেবেছিল তাদের জয় হয়েছে! ইতিহাসে তাদের স্থান শুধুই ষড়যন্ত্রকারী শয়তান হিসেবে কিন্তু হযরত মোহাম্মদ [সা.] সর্বশেষ নবী ও সর্বশ্রেষ্ঠ মহামানব!”
― Md. Ziaul Haque

“Forced to govern as well as preach, Muhammad in Medina was a prophet with exceptional civil power, given that the umma was a polity as well as a congregation.”
― Charles L Cohen, The Abrahamic Religions: A Very Short Introduction: A Very Short Introduction

“That's carrying sympathy a little far, don't you think? My bed isn't a charity ward.”
― Linda Howard, Kill and Tell