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Single Idea 6822
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice
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Full Idea
Those who avenge themselves when wronged incur no guilt.
Gist of Idea
Those who avenge themselves when wronged incur no guilt
Source
Mohammed (The Koran [c.622], Ch.42)
Book Ref
Mohammed: 'The Koran', ed/tr. Dawood,N.J. [Penguin 1968], p.154
A Reaction
Compare Ideas 1659 (Protagoras), 346 (Socrates), 6288 (Jesus), and 4286 (Scruton!). In the light of those ideas, this comment in the Koran strikes me as coming from an older and less civilized world.
Related Ideas
Idea 1659
Protagoras seems to have made the huge move of separating punishment from revenge [Protagoras, by Vlastos]
Idea 346
One ought not to return a wrong or injury to any person, whatever the provocation [Socrates]
Idea 6288
Don't resist evil, but turn the other cheek [Jesus]
Idea 4286
Only just people will drop their own self-interests when faced with an impartial verdict [Scruton]
The
23 ideas
from Mohammed
6829
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There shall be no compulsion in religion
[Mohammed]
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6834
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Unbelievers try to interpret the ambiguous parts of the Koran, simply to create dissension
[Mohammed]
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6831
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He that kills a believer by design shall burn in Hell for ever
[Mohammed]
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6830
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Unbelievers will have their skin repeatedly burned off in hell
[Mohammed]
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6833
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Punish theft in men or women by cutting off their hands
[Mohammed]
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6832
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Killing a human, except as just punishment, is like killing all mankind
[Mohammed]
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6828
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You may break off a treaty if you fear treachery from your ally
[Mohammed]
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6827
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Make war on the unbelievers until Allah's religion reigns supreme
[Mohammed]
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6817
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The Koran is certainly composed by Allah; no one could compose a chapter like it
[Mohammed]
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6818
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Allah cannot have begotten a son, as He is self-sufficient
[Mohammed]
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6816
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The unbelievers shall drink boiling water
[Mohammed]
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6825
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Do not kill except for a just cause
[Mohammed]
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6819
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True believers see that Allah made the night for rest and the day to give light
[Mohammed]
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6824
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Do not split into sects, exulting in separate beliefs
[Mohammed]
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6826
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Allah rewards those who are devout, sincere, patient, humble, charitable, chaste, and who fast
[Mohammed]
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6823
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Repay evil with good and your enemies will become friends (though this is hard)
[Mohammed]
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6822
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Those who avenge themselves when wronged incur no guilt
[Mohammed]
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6821
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I created mankind that it might worship Me
[Mohammed]
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6820
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The righteous shall dwell on couches in gardens, wedded to dark-eyed houris
[Mohammed]
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6812
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Heaven will be reclining on couches, eating fruit, attended by virgins
[Mohammed]
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6815
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Be patient with unbelievers, and leave them to the judgement of Allah
[Mohammed]
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6814
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Instead of prayer and charity, sinners pursue vain disputes and want their own personal scripture
[Mohammed]
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6811
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Allah is lord of creation, compassionate, merciful, king of judgement-day
[Mohammed]
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