A Present to His Royal Highness - The Prince of Wales — Page 51
51 remedy, thou canst put away thy wife. If thy wife oppresses God’s creatures or looks after other men, or has no shame or modesty, or cheats or deceives and does not mend her ways, she is not from thee but is a rotten limb which thou shouldst cut off, if thou hast no remedy for it. “Ye were told not to swear, but I teach you, according to Islam, not to swear falsely, nor to swear without cause or occasion, nor to swear by those things swearing by which does not fulfil the object of an oath, but according to thy need thou canst take an oath, for in the affairs of men and in the governance of them an oath is a necessary proceeding. “Ye were told not to resist evil, but I teach you (according to Islam) that it is neither wise nor salutary to forgive on all occasions. The recompense of evil is evil like unto it, except where thou seest that by forgiveness thou canst reform the evil-doer or canst effect more good than by punishing, in which case forgive and punish not, for if thou punish in such case, thou wilt spread evil and not check it. “Ye were told to love your enemies, but I teach you (according to Islam) that you must have no personal or selfish enmity. Let thy enmities be for the sake of God and His Prophet and His Book, and although thou pray for such an enemy and seek guidance for him, thou must not love his doing nor tolerate it but thou must destroy it as quickly as it be within thy power, and cleanse the world of evil, for evil is harmful both for thee and for him who doth it. Be thou the well-wisher of the evil-doer but be thou the enemy of evil. “Ye say, Humility is our garment and love is our habit.