What can my enemies do to me? I have in my breast both my h… - Ibn Taymiyyah

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What can my enemies do to me? I have in my breast both my heaven and my garden. If I travel they are with me, never leaving me. Imprisonment for me is a chance to be alone with my Lord. To be killed is martyrdom and to be exiled from my land is a spiritual journey.

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Taqī ad-Dīn Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah (Arabic: تقي الدين أحمد ابن تيمية, January 22, 1263 - September 26, 1328), known as Ibn Taymiyyah for short, was a medieval Sunni Muslim theologian, jurisconsult, logician, and the Mujaddid (reformer) of the 7th century of the Islamic calendar. He is known for his diplomatic involvement with Mongol Ghazan Khan and for his victorious achievement at the Battle of Marj al-Saffar (1303) which ended the Mongol invasions of the Levant.

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Alternative Names: Taqi al-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya

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