词汇 | if the mountain will not come to muhammad muhammad must go to the mountain |
词源 | If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain. The saying arises from the time when Muhammad, founder of the Muslim religion and prophet of its God Allah, brought his message to the Arabs, and they demanded miraculous proof of his claims. He or- dered Mount Safa to move, and when it failed to do so, ex- plained that God had been merciful—for if the mountain had moved it would have fallen on and destroyed them all. Muhammad then went to the mountain and gave thanks to God. The proverb is used to indicate that it is wise to bow before the inevitable after failing to get one’s way. See muhammadanism. |
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