Re: If the mountain will not...
Posted by Wild Khan on November
12, 2001 In Reply to: Re: If the mountain will not...
posted by ESC on November 17, 2000
: : Could somebody please give me a hand in finding the origin
and exact quote about Mohammed and the mountain? Thanks.
: IF THE MOUNTAIN WILL NOT COME TO MOHAMMED, MOHAMMED WILL GO TO
THE MOUNTAIN - "If one cannot get one's own way, one must adjust
to the inevitable. The legend goes that when the founder of Islam
was asked to give proofs of his teaching, he ordered Mount Safa
to come to him. When the mountain did not comply, Mohammed raised
his hands toward heaven and said, 'God is merciful. Had it obeyed
my words, it would have fallen on us to our destruction. I will
therefore go to the mountain and thank God that he has had mercy
on a stiff-necked generation.' The saying has been traced back in
English to 'Essays,' (1625) by English philosopher Frances Bacon
(1561-1626). It was included in John Ray's book of English proverbs
in 1678. First attested in the United States in 'Jonathan Belcher
Papers' (1733). In German, the phrase translates as 'Wenn der Berg
nicht zum Propheten kommt, mu?der Prophetzum Berg kommen." From
"Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" (1996)
by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996).
: I put the "?" in the German phrase because there was a do-jigger
that I don't have.
: I always thought this saying meant if you can't get a job done
one way, do it another way.
yeah buddy ur right this is just a legend........
who said it didnt move???and first of all who said that The Prophet(PBUH)ordered
it to move.The Unbelievers ASked 4 thousands of other miracles did
the Prophet(PBUH) not fulfil those,Just try to face the fact Mohammed(PBUH)was
a true messenger and This religion is a true religion.
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