Imad Quotes in Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

Saladin: Who defends?

Imad: Balian of Ibelin, the son of Godfrey.

Saladin: Godfrey? Godfrey nearly killed me in the Lebanon. Truly, I did not know he had a son.

Imad: It was his son at Kerak.

Saladin: The one you let live?

Imad: Yes.

Saladin: Perhaps you should not have.

Imad: Perhaps I should have had a different teacher.

Imad: Your quality will be known among your enemies, before ever you meet them.

Imad: [a Saracen knight yells at Balian in Arabic] He says, that is his horse.

Balian of Ibelin: Why would it be his horse?

Imad: Because it is on his land.

Balian of Ibelin: I took this horse from the sea.

Imad: [Imad translates, the knight yells again] He says you are a great liar and he will fight you because you are a liar.

Balian of Ibelin: I have no desire to fight.

Imad: Then you must give him the horse.

[Balian draws his sword]

Imad: This is not a very good horse... I will not keep him.

[he hands the reins to Balian]

Mullah: [the mullah pays a visit to Saladin in his tent after the battle at Kerak] Why did we retire? Why? God did not favor them. God alone determines the results of battles.

Saladin: The results of battles ARE determined by God, but also by preparation, numbers, the absence of disease, and the availability of water. One cannot maintain a siege with the enemy behind. How many battles did God win for the Muslims before I came... that is, before God determined that I should come?

Mullah: Few enough. That's because we were sinful.

Saladin: It is because you were unprepared.

Mullah: If you think that way, you shall not be king for long.

Saladin: [Saladin rises to his feet] When I'm not king, I quake for Islam. Thank you for your visit.

[the mullah does not budge; Saladin takes a step forward and extends his hand]

Saladin: Thank you for your visit.

[the mullah takes his meaning and grasps the offered hand]

Mullah: You promised. You promised to return Jerusalem. Don't forget.

[he leaves]

Saladin: If I do not deliver war, I have no peace.

Imad: The King of Jerusalem will die soon. When he is dead, the boy will become king of a kingdom he cannot control. The Christians will make the war you need.

Imad: [discussing how to break Jerusalem's defenses] The wall where the Christopher Gate used to be has been weakened.

Saracen Engineer: Yes, usually when a gate is blocked in, it is weaker than the wall around it.

Mullah: Or stronger.

Imad: It is weaker, Rashid has seen it. This will be our door into Jerusalem.