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Title: Arabian Wisdom

Author: John Wortabet

Release Date: July 13, 2010 [EBook #33109]

Language: English

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Produced by Al Haines

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The Wisdom of the East Series

EDITED BY

L. CRANMER-BYNG
Dr. S. A. KAPADIA

ARABIAN WISDOM

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WISDOM OF THE EAST

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
MARRIAGE
CHILDREN
FILIAL DUTY
BROTHERS
FRIENDS
NEIGHBOURS
SALUTATION
LOVE OF COUNTRY AND HOME
TRAVELLING
HEALTH
YOUTH AND OLD AGE
DEATH
APPENDIX

EDITORIAL NOTE

The object of the editors of this series is a
very definite one. They desire above all
things that, in their humble way, these books
shall be the ambassadors of good-will and
understanding between East and West, the old world
of Thought, and the new of Action. In this
endeavour, and in their own sphere, they are but
follow