SERMON 165
from
Nahjul Balagha
Advice for observing courtesy and kindness
and
keeping in and out of the same
The young among you should follow the
elders while the elders should be kind to the young. Do not be like
those rude people of the pre-lslamic (al-jahiliyyah) period
who did not exert themselves in religion nor use their intellects in
the matter of Allah. They are like the breaking of eggs in the nest
of a dangerous bird, because their breaking looks bad, but keeping
them intact would mean the production of dangerous young ones.
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