Tao Te Ching
Muhammad محمد; محمد;
570 – 632 CE
Gfted political leader, sage lawmaker, just judge, sincere devotee of integrity; Muhammad was praised by Leibniz, Rousseau, Napoleon, and Thomas Carlyle but Voltaire thought of him as a symbol of fanaticism and called him "a sublime and hearty charlatan.” Although his integrity can be argued, his influence is indisputable. Founder and prophet of Islam, he launched a political and religious revolution that rapidly transformed a poverty-drenched Arabia from a desert of motley, contentious tribes into a force that within 100 years conquered half the Mediterranean world, Byzantine Asia, all of Persia and Egypt, and most of North Africa. A simple ascetic in most ways, he used eye shadow and perfume, dyed his hair, and kept an active harem. Building on the Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian traditions; he described elaborate visions of both heaven and hell that forged a unified, monotheistic tradition that unified the Arabs, spread throughout the world, and is still a potent influence today.
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Quotes by Muhammad محمد; (14 quotes)
“To parents do good, and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and those whom your right hands possess.”
from Koran
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from Koran
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“None of you have faith until you love for your neighbor what you love for yourself.”
from Koran
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“The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.”
from Koran
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“He is the best of men who dislikes power.”
from Koran
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“Give tidings of painful doom to those who disbelieve... Slay the idolaters wherever you find them... and fight until persecution is no more, and religion is all for Allah.”
from Koran
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“They who believe not shall have garments of fire fitted unto them; boiling water shall be poured on their heads; their bowels shall be dissolved thereby, and also their skins, and they shall be beaten with maces of iron”
from Koran
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“Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the bow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies.”
from Koran
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“Whatever you put out at usury shall have no increase from God; but whatever you give in alms shall be doubled to you.”
from Koran
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“I found [there] a woman ruling them, and she has been given of all things, and she has a great throne. I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allah, and Satan has made their deeds pleasing to them and averted them from [His] way, so they are not guided.”
from Koran
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“Paradise is surrounded by hardships, and the Fire is surrounded by desires.”
from Koran
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“No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself.”
from Sunnah
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Quotes about Muhammad محمد; (6 quotes)
“Muhammad was an unscrupulous warrior, and a just judge... He perfumed his body, painted his eyes, dyed his hair. His senses were painfully keen; he could not bear evil odors, jangling bells, or loud talk. He was nervous and restless, subject to melancholy, then suddenly talkative and gay. If we judge greatness by influence, he was one of the giants of history. Seldom has any man so fully realized his dream. When he began, Arabia was a desert flotsam of idolatrous tribes; when he died it was a nation.”
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“Muhammad was a manic-depressive who managed to transform his psychological problems into one of the world’s most influential traditions. His early life in Medina could be described as a depressive phase when he immersed in contemplative, almost mystical reflection and encouraged respect, openness, and tolerance; his time after escaping to Mecca as the manic counterpart when he set the political stage for warfare, conquering, and intolerance.”
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“Wishful thinking about the peaceful tolerance of Islam cannot interpret away this reality: hands are still cut off, women still stoned and enslaved, just as the Prophet Muhammad decided centuries ago.”
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“The more one reflects on the history of Muhammad and of early Islam, the more one is amazed at the vastness of his achievement. Circumstances presented him with an opportunity such as few men have had, but the man was fully matched with the hour. Had it not been for his gifts as a seer, statesman, and administrator and, behind these, his trust in God and firm belief that God had sent him, a notable chapter in the history of mankind would have remained unwritten.”
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“The complicated household of Muhammad was like an evil legacy... He was an illiterate Arab, ignorant of history, totally ignorant of all the political experience of Rome and Greece, and almost as ignorant of the real history of Judea; and he left his followers with no scheme for a stable government”
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