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'Three qualities are the sign of sound
Faith. and he who acquires them can really
feel the sweet taste of Faith. They are (1)
to love God and His Messenger most of
all,(2) to love his fellow man for the Sake
o f God alone, and (3) to resent and resist
returning to disbelief as much as he does
being cast into Fire".
"He who believes in God and the Last Day
of Judginent is forbidden to cause any
harm to his neighbor, is to be kind to his
guests, especially the strangers, and is to
tell the truth or else abstain".
There are many verses and traditions like the ones cited
above. But it should be borne in mind, however, that the
given quotations are not and cannot be the exact words of
the Qur'an and Muhammad as they sound in the Arabic Text.
The reason for that is simple. No interpreter, however
learned and masterful he may be, can ever convey the
spiritual power and charming appeal of the Qur'an through
any language. The Qur'an is - and so God made it-
inimitable, and it is beyond human imagination and power to
produce anything like it. What is true of the Qur'an in this
respect i s also true of the Traditions of Muhammad to a
certain e\tent, because, after the Qur'an, his words are the
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most conclusive and eloquent. "
2) see note 2 in chapter I above.