Prophet Muhammad Quotes on Good & Evil (8 Quotes)

He whom prayer preventeth not from wrongdoing and evil, increaseth in naught save in remoteness from the Lord.

With knowledge man riseth to the heights of goodness and to a noble position, associateth with sovereigns in this world, and attaineth to the perfection of happiness in the next.

Every human being hath two inclinations - one prompting him to good and impelling him thereto, and the other prompting him to evil and thereto impelling him but Divine assistance is nigh, and he who asketh the help of God in contending with the evil promptings of his own heart obtaineth it.

He is not of us who is not affectinate to his liitle ones, and doth not respect the feelings of the aged and he is not of us who doth not order that which is good and prohibit that which is evil.

A man asked Muhammad what was the mark whereby he might know the reality of his faith. Muhammad said, 'If thou derive pleasure from the good which thou hast performed and thou be grieved for the evil which thou hast committed, thou art a true believer.' The man said. 'In what doth a fault really consist' Muhammad said, 'when action pricketh thy conscience, forsake it.'

Muhammad said, 'O Wabisah are you come to ask what is goodness and what is badness' Wabisah said, 'Yes, I am come for that.' Then He joined his fingers and struck them upon Wabisah's breast, that is made a sign towards his heart, and said, 'Ask the question from thine own heart.' This he repeated three times aloud and said, 'Goodness is a thing from which thy heart findeth firmness and rest and badness is a thing which throweth thee into doubt, although men may acquit thee.'

He who does a good deed will have ten times the amount of blessings, and I God shall give more, but he who does an evil deed will have an equivalent reward of evil, or I shall grant forgiveness. If anyone draws the length of a span near Me, I shall draw the length of a cubit near him, and if anyone draws the length of a cubit near Me, I shall draw the length of a fathom near him. If anyone comes to Me walking I shall come to him at a run, and if anyone meets me with sins of the size of the earth, but has not associated anything with Me, I shall meet him a similar amount of forgiveness.

The love of the world is the root of all evil.