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Abd al-Rahman ibn Samura Quotes

d. 670

Also known as: Ibn Samûrah

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On reaching Dãwar, he surrounded the enemy in the mountain of Zûr, where there was a famous Hindu temple.

…Their idol of Zûr was of gold, and its eyes were two rubies. The zealous Musalmãns cut off its hands and plucked out its eyes, and then remarked to the Marzabãn how powerless was his idol to do either good or evil…

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