The Detroit Address — Page 32
32 The greatest psychologist ever born, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sas knew God the best, and God—creator of human nature—taught him everything about human nature. The Holy Prophet sas is the only true source of understand- ing human nature. It becomes easy to learn man’s nature if one looks at man, free from all prejudice, through the eyes of God. Therefore, I am saying with perfect certainty and guid- ance, that there is none more knowledgeable than the Holy Prophet sas in understanding human nature. No one before or after him can attain the height of his knowledge. Once, he sas said that among those disliked by God are those among the poor who despite their poverty are arro- gant. This explains what inferiority complex really means. The poor who are being despised by others, if they respond with pride and arrogance, then this is because of their infe- riority complex, for they begin to retaliate by looking down upon others. The Holy Prophet sas said God dislikes such people too. In this case, instead of winning the love of God, they earn His wrath. If you are one with God, then by God, you are great, because he who attains nearness to God, he becomes great. Why then do you allow yourself to fall prey to a false inferiority complex? Why do you permit Satan to sow this harmful feeling in your hearts? Why do you give a chance to Satan to infuse erroneous thoughts in your mind that others are greater than you? If you infuse the feeling of true greatness in you and adopt the qualities of the char- acter of the Holy Prophet sas, I can tell you that no one can