Islam and Communism — Page 21
one. Aye hearken to me ○ ye people! An Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor has a nonArab any superiority over an Arab; nor do the white have any preference over the dark; nor have the dark any pereference over the white, excepting of course, what an individual can acquire by his personal qualities or morals, intelligence, and self-effort. " (Musnad Ahmad) 21. This principle is at the root of the. Islamic conception of equality which has placed all peoples, all nations, and all races on the same level. At the same time Islam recognises and promotes the inborn individual desire to excel others. Each individual or people is free to excel others by effort. . Free Circulation of Wealth Emphasised. . A question may here arise that if inspite of the fact that earthly resources are for the benefit of all without distinction how does Islam propose to smooth down inequalities that inevitably come into being owing to the natural disparity in the effort