"Let my son Mustafa be executed."

"The people think of wealth and power as the greatest fate, But in this world a spell of health is the best state. What men call sovereignty is a worldly strife and constant war; Worship of God is the …"

"The world is a bridge. Pass over it, but build no house upon it."

"I am the slave of God and the ruler of the world, and in my name the Friday sermon is read in Mecca and Medina. In Baghdad I am the shah, in Byzantine realms the Caesar, and in Egypt the sultan."

"I am God's slave and sultan of this world. By the grace of God I am head of Muhammad's community."