Thursday, 9 May 2013

WHERE IS HE?

"O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you tribes and sub-tribes that you may know one another. Verily, the most honourable among you, in the sight of Allah, is he who is the most righteous among you. Surely, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware."
(The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 49 Verse 14)

The Above verse "constitutes the Magna Carta of human fraternity and equality. It lays the axe at the false and foolish notions of superiority...all men have being declared equal before God. The Worth of a man is not to be judged by the pigment of his skin, the amount of wealth he possesses, or by rank or social status, descent or pedigree, but by his moral greatness and by the way in which he discharges his obligations to God and man. The whole of human race is but one family." 

(The Holy Qur'an with Short Commentary, (2002) Ghulam Farid (ed.), pg 1042)

Ralph Maxwell Lewis says:
"If you would know a mystic, don't confine your search to Monasteries and temples, but look for him also in the hamlets and in the hustle and bustle of the great cosmopolitan centres of the world. When you find a man or a woman who is industrious, studious, compassionate, loved by his neighbours, tolerant in his religious views and who can point out to you the magnificence of God in the simplest thing, you have found a mystic. With this whether or not he be attired in sacerdotal robe or the overall of a mechanic, he is nonetheless a mystic."

Where is he who fits in to the above descriptions?

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