{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/arw/arw53.htm","path":"isl/arw/arw53.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/arw/arw53.htm","text":"Arabian Wisdom, by John Wortabet, [1913]\nLove of one's own country is a religious duty.\nA true man yearns towards his native country, and longs for his home as a lion longs for his lair.\nIt is a sign of sound judgment when the heart craves for country and home.\nHe is better to suffer hardship in one's own country than to enjoy ease in a foreign land.\nGod blesses the land which is loved by its people.\nAs a nurse who has brought you up, has a special claim on you, so has your country.\nHe is an unwise man who alienates himself from his country and home.\nIf it were not for love of country, unhappy lands would be desolate.\nIt is an honour to you to love the land and house where you were born.\nAn old man is most comfortable in his own house.","title":"Arabian Wisdom: Love of Country and Home","type":"page"}