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said to you: „Do not eat me! I am poisoned.‟
You are more to me than my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah, praise
and peace be upon him! Noah once cursed his people saying: „My Lord, do not
leave a single unbeliever upon the earth.…„ (Koran Ch. 71 verse 26) Had you
cursed us like that, we should have perished. Yet, though your back was
trampled, your face bloodied and your teeth broken, you refused to say anything
but good; your words were: „O Allah, forgive my people, for they do not know.‟
You are more to me than my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah, praise
and peace be upon him! Though your years were few and your life-span short,
you were followed by many more than followed Noah, for all his great age and
longevity. Many believed in you, but only a few believed along with him.
You are more to me than my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah, praise
and peace be upon him! If you had sat with none but your peer, you would not
have sat with us; if you had married only your equal, you would not have trusted
us. And yet, by Allah, you did sit with us, marry among us and trust us. You
dressed in wool; you rode the donkey and I rode behind you; you set your food
You are more to me than my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah, praise
and peace be upon him! Noah once cursed his people saying: „My Lord, do not
leave a single unbeliever upon the earth.…„ (Koran Ch. 71 verse 26) Had you
cursed us like that, we should have perished. Yet, though your back was
trampled, your face bloodied and your teeth broken, you refused to say anything
but good; your words were: „O Allah, forgive my people, for they do not know.‟
You are more to me than my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah, praise
and peace be upon him! Though your years were few and your life-span short,
you were followed by many more than followed Noah, for all his great age and
longevity. Many believed in you, but only a few believed along with him.
You are more to me than my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah, praise
and peace be upon him! If you had sat with none but your peer, you would not
have sat with us; if you had married only your equal, you would not have trusted
us. And yet, by Allah, you did sit with us, marry among us and trust us. You
dressed in wool; you rode the donkey and I rode behind you; you set your food