ANECDOTE FROM THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MOHAMMED

 
Resting one day under a palm tree Mohammed suddenly found an enemy named Duthur standing over him with a drawn sword.

'O Mohammed, who is there now to save you?' cried the man.

'God,' answered Mohammed.

Duthur dropped his sword. Mohammed seized it, and cried in turn: 'O Duthur, who is there now to save you?'

'No one,' replied Duthur.

'Then learn from me to be merciful,' said Mohammed, and handed him back the weapon. Duthur became one of his firmest lovers.