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If the mountain does not go to Mohammed, then Mohammed goes to the mountain

Francis Bacon

Phraseologism: If the mountain does not go to Mohammed, then Mohammed goes to the mountain.

Meaning: About the desire to take the first step towards solving the problem that has arisen in relations with a partner, opponent, etc. (self-iron.).

Origin: Usually the origin of this expression is associated with one of the stories about Khoja Nasreddin, a hero of oriental folklore, a famous inventor and wit. So, in one of the Arabic collections (circa 1631) it is said how Khoja Nasreddin Jokha el-Rumi (Nasreddin's full name in Arabic) once decided to impersonate a saint. When asked how he would prove this, he replied that he could command the palm tree to come to him, and it obeyed. When the miracle did not happen, Khoja himself approached the tree with the words: "True prophets and saints are devoid of arrogance. If the palm tree does not come to me, then I go to it." Sometimes there is another version of the same phrase: "If the palm tree does not go to Jokha, then Jokha will go to the palm tree." In the modern version, this expression entered European languages ​​thanks to the famous English scientist and philosopher Francis Bacon (1561-1626), who in his book Moral and Political Essays (1597) gave his own version of the story about Hodge, replacing the latter with the prophet Mohammed himself. In the essay "On Courage" contained in this book, Mohammed promises the people to move the mountain, but when this fails, he says: "Well, since the mountain does not want to go to Mohammed, Mohammed will go to it."

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