Muhammad Abduh Quotes

I went to the West and saw Islam, but no Muslims; I got back to the East and saw Muslims, but not Islam.

I hope to see the two great religions, Islam and Christianity, hand-in-hand, embracing each other. Then the Torah and the Bible and the Qur’an will become books supporting one another being read everywhere, and respected by every nation … [I am] looking forward to seeing Muslims read the Torah and the Bible.

Men have no better guidance than examples and facts proved by experience.

To reflect on the essence of the Creator ... is forbidden to the human intellect because of the severance of all relation between the two existences.