والذي قال لمستشاريه ..اجمعوا لي كل العلماء وقولوا لهم ان كل من يترجم كتابا الى العربية سوف اعطيه وزنه ذهباً
He had told his advisers, "Get me all the scholars to translate any book they can get their hands onto into Arabic, and I will pay them its weight in gold."