{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/arw/arw47.htm","path":"isl/arw/arw47.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/arw/arw47.htm","text":"Arabian Wisdom, by John Wortabet, [1913]\nChildren are a gift from God.\nA child is a flower which has come down from Paradise.\nNothing is dearer than a child, except a grandchild.\nWhen your son is young, train him; when he is grown, make a brother of him.\nThat child is loved most who is young until\nhe is grown up, or sick until he recovers, or absent until he returns home.\nYour riches and your children are a temptation to you (Koran).\nHappy is the woman who has first daughters, then sons.\nIf you do not train up your child, time will do it.\nThe training of children is like chewing stones.\nYour riches and children are your enemies\u2014beware of them (Koran).\nThe joy of parents in their children prolongs life.\nSorrow for a child is a burning fire in the heart.\nHe who is not tender to his child shall find no tenderness in God to him.\nYour children are not too many for Death, nor is your money too much for a rapacious governor.","title":"Arabian Wisdom: Children","type":"page"}