“Truly, in the body there is a morsel of flesh, and when it is corrupt the body is corrupt, and when it is sound the body is sound. Truly, it is the qalb [heart].”
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Abu Zayd Ahmed ibn Sahl Balkhi was a Persian Muslim polymath: a geographer, mathematician, physician, psychologist and scientist. Born in 850 CE in Shamistiyan, in the province of Balkh, Greater Khorasan, he was a disciple of al-Kindi. He also founded the "Balkhī school" of terrestrial mapping in Baghdad. Al-Balkhi is believed to have been one of the earliest to diagnose that mental illness can ha…
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science · Persian polymath (850-934) · geographer · physicist · mathematician · architect · polymath · also Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, al-Balkhi
Born 1 January 0850 · Died 1 January 0934 · Q335516
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“Truly, in the body there is a morsel of flesh, and when it is corrupt the body is corrupt, and when it is sound the body is sound. Truly, it is the qalb [heart].”
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“Verily Allah does not consider your appearances or your wealth in (appraising you) but He considers your hearts and your deeds.”
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Died 0934-01-01.
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Born 0850-01-01.
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