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

When the Heaven is RENT ASUNDER,
    And when the stars are scattered,
    And when the seas are let loose,
    And when the tombs are turned upside-down,
    The soul shall know what it hath done and left undone.
    O man! what hath deceived thee respecting thy Lord, the Generous;
    Who created thee, and fashioned thee, and moulded thee aright?
    In what form it pleased him He builded thee.
    Nay! but ye take the Judgment for a lie!
    But verily there are watchers over you--
    Worthy reporters--
    Knowing what ye do.
    Verily the righteous shall be in delight,
    And the wicked in Hell-Fire:
    They shall be burnt at it on the day of doom,
    And they shall not be hidden from it.
    What shall teach thee what is the Day of Judgment?
    Again, what shall teach thee what is the Day of Judgment?
    A day when no soul can avail aught for another soul, for the
      ordering on that day is with God.

                                                              (lxxxii.)




THE CHARGERS.

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


    By the CHARGERS that pant,
    And the hoofs that strike fire,
    And the scourers at dawn,
    Who stir up the dust with it,
    And cleave through a host with it!

    Verily Man is thankless towards his Lord,
    And verily he is witness thereof,
    And verily in his love of weal he is grasping.
    Doth he not know?--when what is in the tombs shall be laid open,
    And what is in men’s breasts shall be laid bare;
    Verily on that day their Lord shall know them well!

                                                                    (c.)




SUPPORT.

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


    What thinkest thou of him who calleth the Day of Judgment a lie?
    He it is who driveth away the orphan,
    And is not urgent for the feeding of the poor.
    Woe then to those who pray,
    Those who are careless in their prayers,
    Who make a pretence,
    But withhold SUPPORT.

                                                                (cvii.)




THE BACKBITER.

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


    Woe to every BACKBITER, slanderer!
    Who hath heaped up riches and counted them over!
    He thinketh that his riches have made him everlasting:
    Nay! he shall surely be cast into Blasting Hell.
    And what shall teach thee what Blasting Hell is?
    The fire of God kindled,
    Which reaches over the hearts;
    Verily it is closed over them [like a tent],
    With stays well-stretched.

                                                                  (civ.)




THE SPLENDOUR OF MORNING.

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

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The Speeches & Table-Talk of the Prophet Mohammad

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