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Arabian Wisdom, by John Wortabet, [1913], at sacred-texts.com


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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

11

THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE KORAN

15

REPENTANCE

15

A SINNER'S CRY UNTO GOD

16

FORGIVING OTHERS

17

FORBEARANCE

18

HUMILITY

19

TRUE NOBILITY

20

SELF-RESPECT

20

CHARACTER

21

BENEVOLENCE

22

GENEROSITY

23

GRATITUDE

24

RECOMPENSE

25

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FLAUNTING KINDNESS

25

KNOWLEDGE

26

SPECULATIVE STUDIES

27

THOUGHTS, DOUBTS

28

WISDOM

29

IGNORANCE, FOLLY

30

CONSULTATION

31

SPEAKING, WRITING, BOOKS

32

SILENCE

33

TRUTHFULNESS

35

TRUTHFULNESS TO PROMISES

36

TRUTHFULNESS TO SECRETS

37

DECEIT

37

EXERTION

38

OPPORTUNITIES

40

ECONOMY

40

VICISSITUDES OF FORTUNE

41

PATIENCE

43

CONTENTMENT

44

CHEERFULNESS

44

WAR

45

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ANGER

46

HATRED, MALICE

47

MURDER

48

ENVY

48

RASHNESS

49

LAZINESS

50

AVARICE

50

COMPLAINT, BLAME

51

MARRIAGE

52

CHILDREN

53

FILIAL DUTY

54

BROTHERS

55

FRIENDS

56

NEIGHBOURS

57

SALUTATION

58

LOVE OF COUNTRY AND HOME

58

TRAVELLING

59

HEALTH

59

YOUTH AND OLD AGE

60

DEATH

61


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