The Speeches & Table-Talk of the Prophet Mohammad

Name: The Speeches & Table-Talk of the Prophet Mohammad
Author: Muhammad, Prophet

Muhammad, Prophet

Muhammad, Prophet, -632 -- Teachings; Religious life -- Islam

Concerning prayer                                                149
    Of charity                                                       151
    Of fasting                                                       153
    Of reading the Korān                                             154
    Of labour and profit                                             155
    Of fighting for the faith                                        159
    Of judgments                                                     160
    Of women and slaves                                              161
    Of dumb animals                                                  164
    Of hospitality                                                   165
    Of government                                                    166
    Of vanities and sundry matters                                   168
    Of death                                                         172
    Of the state after death                                         175
    Of destiny                                                       180

  NOTES                                                              183

    THE MEKKA SPEECHES, I--THE POETIC PERIOD                         183
    THE MEKKA SPEECHES, II--THE RHETORICAL PERIOD                    187
    THE MEKKA SPEECHES, III--THE ARGUMENTATIVE PERIOD                190
    THE MEDINA SPEECHES, THE PERIOD OF HARANGUE                      192
    THE LAW GIVEN AT MEDINA                                          193
    TABLE-TALK OF MOHAMMAD                                           195

  INDEX OF CHAPTERS OF THE KORĀN TRANSLATED IN THIS VOLUME           196

  THE GOLDEN TREASURY SERIES                                           1

  TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE




  THE SPEECHES AT MEKKA

  I. THE POETIC PERIOD

  _Aet._ 40-44
  A.D. 609-613




THE NIGHT.

_In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful._


    By the NIGHT when she spreadeth her veil,
    By the DAY when it is manifested,
    By what made the male and the female:
    Verily your aims are diverse.

    Then as for him who giveth alms and feareth God,
    And putteth his faith in the Best,
    We will speed him onward to ease.
    And as for him who is covetous and desirous of riches,
    And denieth the Best,
    We will speed him onward to trouble;
    And his riches shall not avail him when he falleth down into Hell.
    Verily ours is the guiding,
    And ours the latter and the former life.

    And I have warned you of a flaming fire:
    None shall be burned in it but the wretch,
    Who hath called it a lie and turned his back.
    But the righteous shall be guided away from it--
    He that giveth his substance in charity,
    And doeth no man a kindness in hope of reward,
    But only in seeking the face of his Lord the Most High;
    And in the end he shall surely be well pleased.

                                                                (xcii.)




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The Speeches & Table-Talk of the Prophet Mohammad

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