The Table-Talk of MuhammadIslamScripture SelectionArabic source tradition rendered through EnglishShareTable-Talk of Muhammad 1Stanley Lane-Poole 1882 - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableStanley Lane-Poole 1882LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Table-Talk of Muhammad 1Table-Talk of Muhammad 2Table-Talk of Muhammad 3Table-Talk of Muhammad 4Table-Talk of Muhammad 5Table-Talk of Muhammad 6Table-Talk of Muhammad 7Table-Talk of Muhammad 8Table-Talk of Muhammad 9Table-Talk of Muhammad 10Table-Talk of Muhammad 11Table-Talk of Muhammad 12Table-Talk of Muhammad 13Table-Talk of Muhammad 14Table-Talk of Muhammad 15Table-Talk of Muhammad 16›General SayingsTable-Talk of Muhammad 1ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1When God created the creation He wrote a book, which is near him upon the sovran Throne; and what is written in it is this: Verily my compassion overcometh my wrath. 2Say not, if people do good to us, we will do good to them, and if people oppress us, we will oppress them: but resolve that if people do good to you, you will do good to them, and if they oppress you, oppress them not again. 3God saith: Whoso doth one good act, for him are ten rewards, and I also give more to whomsoever I will; and whoso doth ill, its retaliation is equal to it, or else I forgive him; and he who seeketh to approach me one cubit, I will seek to approach him two fathoms; and he who walketh towards me, I will run towards him; and he who cometh before me with the earth full of sins, but joineth no Partner to me, I will come before him with an equal front of forgiveness. 4There are seven people whom God will draw under His own shadow, on that Day when there will be no other shadow: one a just king; another, who hath employed himself in devotion from his youth; the third, who fixeth his heart on the Mosque till he return to it; the fourth, two men whose friendship is to please God, whether together or separate; the fifth, a man who remembereth God when he is alone, and weepeth; the sixth, a man who is tempted by a rich and beautiful woman, and saith, Verily I fear God! the seventh, a man who hath given alms and concealed it, so that his left hand knoweth not what his right hand doeth. 5The most excellent of all actions is to befriend any one on God’s account, and to be at enmity with whosoever is the enemy of God. 6Verily ye are in an age in which if ye abandon one-tenth of what is ordered, ye will be ruined. After this a time will come when he who shall observe one-tenth of what is now ordered will be redeemed. Next chapterTable-Talk of Muhammad 2›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public domain in the United States via Project Gutenberg