ARABIAN WISDOM

SELECTIONS AND TRANSLATIONS FROM THE ARABIC

BY JOHN WORTABET, M.D.

THIRD IMPRESSION

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1916

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

TO
MY CHILDREN

"What doth the Lord require of thee, but to
do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly
with thy God!"—MICAH vi. 8.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE KORAN
REPENTANCE
A SINNER'S CRY UNTO GOD
FORGIVING OTHERS
FORBEARANCE
HUMILITY
TRUE NOBILITY
SELF-RESPECT
CHARACTER
BENEVOLENCE
GENEROSITY
GRATITUDE
RECOMPENSE
FLAUNTING KINDNESS
KNOWLEDGE
SPECULATIVE STUDIES
THOUGHTS, DOUBTS
WISDOM
IGNORANCE, FOLLY
CONSULTATION
SPEAKING, WRITING, BOOKS
SILENCE
TRUTHFULNESS
TRUTHFULNESS TO PROMISES
TRUTHFULNESS TO SECRETS
DECEIT
EXERTION
OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMY
VICISSITUDES OF FORTUNE
PATIENCE
CONTENTMENT
CHEERFULNESS
WAR
ANGER
HATRED, MALICE
MURDER
ENVY
RASHNESS
LAZINESS
AVARICE
COMPLAINT, BLAME
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