Great Throughts Treasury

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Islamic Proverbs

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"Be in this world as though you were a stranger or a traveler."

"When a pickpocket sees a saint, all he sees are his pockets."

"Men are asleep and when they die they wake."

"One hour in the execution of justice is worth seventy years of prayer."

"First tie your camel’s knee, then trust to Allah."

"Haste is of the devil, slowness is of God."