Can anyone tell me where I can get the actual quote I believe was said by the Prophet Muhammed. It goes something like–Every family should raise at least one horse… Then I believe later on there was a large battle and Muhammeds forces had something like a million horses. That is all the information I have on it. TIA
Ages ago I was really into Patti Smith. On the back of one of her albums (either “Horses” or “Radio Ethiopia”) was the quote “All the jewels of the universe are found between the eyes of a horse. – the Koran”
I remember asking a Palestinian friend about this and where it was in the Koran. (Trying to tie this in to your question,) he said it didn’t really seem like something that would be in the Koran at all.
A while ago I tried to find this quote on one of the searchable Koran databases but came up empty.
I’m sure someone who’s better versed in these matters than I am will provide a more complete answer.
In the meantime, you might try searching the Hadith (sayings of the Prophet) here http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/reference/searchhadith.html
or the Koran here http://www.hti.umich.edu/k/koran/bool.html