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Mahomet (, literally Fanaticism, or Mahomet the Prophet) is a five-act tragedy written in 1736 by French playwright and philosopher Voltaire. It received its debut performance in Lille on 25 April 1741. The play is a study of religious fanaticism and self-serving manipulation based on an episode in the traditional biography of Muhammad in which he orders the murder of his critics. Voltaire described the play as "written in opposition to the founder of a false and barbarous sect". Plot summary The story of Mahomet unfolds during Muhammad's post exile siege of Mecca in 629 AD, when the opposing forces are under a short term truce called to discuss the terms and course of the war. In the first act the audience is introduced to a fictional leader of the Meccans, Zopir, an ardent and defiant advocate of free will and liberty who rejects Mahomet. Mahomet is presented through his conversations with his second in command Omar and with his opponent Zopir and with two of Zopir's long lost children (Seid and Palmira) whom, unbeknownst to Zopir, Mahomet had abducted and enslaved in their infancy, fifteen years earlier.

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Notable quotes

“It is better for any of you to carry a load of firewood on his own back than to beg from someone else.”
— Riyadh-Us-Saleheen, Chapter 59, hadith 540
“Narrated Abu Burda that his father said, "The Prophet sent Mu'adh and Abu Musa to Yemen telling them. Treat the people with ease and don't be hard on them; give them glad tidings and don't fill them with aversion; and love each other, and don't differ."”
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 52, Number 275
“The Prophet said, "O 'Abdur-Rahman! Do not seek to be a ruler, for if you are given authority on your demand then you will be held responsible for it, but if you are given it without asking (for it), then you will be helped (by Allah) in it. If you ever take an oath to do something and later on you find that something else is better, then you should expiate your oath and do what is better."”
— Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin Samura, in Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 89, Number 260
“The first cases to be adjudicated between people on the Day of Judgment will be those of bloodshed [killing and injuring]”
— Narrated in Saheeh Muslim, #1678, and Saheeh Al-Bukhari, #6533.
“Surely, there is no advantage (preference) for an Arab over an aajami (non-Arab), nor a non-Arab over an Arab, nor a white over a black, except by piousness and good deeds.”
— Reported by Imaam Ahmad, 22391; al-Silsilat al-Saheeh, 2700
“And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to all the creation.”
— Quran 21:107

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Mahomet: village in Illinois, United States

Notable quotes

“It is better for any of you to carry a load of firewood on his own back than to beg from someone else.”
— Riyadh-Us-Saleheen, Chapter 59, hadith 540
“Narrated Abu Burda that his father said, "The Prophet sent Mu'adh and Abu Musa to Yemen telling them. Treat the people with ease and don't be hard on them; give them glad tidings and don't fill them with aversion; and love each other, and don't differ."”
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 52, Number 275
“The Prophet said, "O 'Abdur-Rahman! Do not seek to be a ruler, for if you are given authority on your demand then you will be held responsible for it, but if you are given it without asking (for it), then you will be helped (by Allah) in it. If you ever take an oath to do something and later on you find that something else is better, then you should expiate your oath and do what is better."”
— Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin Samura, in Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 89, Number 260
“The first cases to be adjudicated between people on the Day of Judgment will be those of bloodshed [killing and injuring]”
— Narrated in Saheeh Muslim, #1678, and Saheeh Al-Bukhari, #6533.
“Surely, there is no advantage (preference) for an Arab over an aajami (non-Arab), nor a non-Arab over an Arab, nor a white over a black, except by piousness and good deeds.”
— Reported by Imaam Ahmad, 22391; al-Silsilat al-Saheeh, 2700
“And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to all the creation.”
— Quran 21:107

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Mahomet (, literally Fanaticism, or Mahomet the Prophet) is a five-act tragedy written in 1736 by French playwright and philosopher Voltaire. It received its debut performance in Lille on 25 April 1741.

Overview

Mahomet (, literally Fanaticism, or Mahomet the Prophet) is a five-act tragedy written in 1736 by French playwright and philosopher Voltaire. It received its debut performance in Lille on 25 April 1741. The play is a study of religious fanaticism and self-serving manipulation based on an episode in the traditional biography of Muhammad in which he orders the murder of his critics. Voltaire described the play as "written in opposition to the founder of a false and barbarous sect". Plot summary The story of Mahomet unfolds during Muhammad's post exile siege of Mecca in 629 AD, when the opposing forces are under a short term truce called to discuss the terms and course of the war. In the first act the audience is introduced to a fictional leader of the Meccans, Zopir, an ardent and defiant advocate of free will and liberty who rejects Mahomet. Mahomet is presented through his conversations with his second in command Omar and with his opponent Zopir and with two of Zopir's long lost children (Seid and Palmira) whom, unbeknownst to Zopir, Mahomet had abducted and enslaved in their infancy, fifteen years earlier.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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