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25 high in rank in God's view are those who are high in morals. " That is to say, they were not to think of one as high and another as low. In the eyes of God, height of rank was determined by the height of one's moral works. How great and grand these words! Simple; yet all at once they seem to raise the most depressed class to the highest height conceivable. . National Rivalries Condemned. Then again, some people regard themselves superior to others. For instance, some Americans today, seem to regard themselves as being different from ordinary men. . The pain which these superior airs on the part of any people could inflict on others is well minded in the teaching of. Islam. "It does not become an advanced people," says the. Quran, "to look down upon another less advanced. It is possible that tomorrow the advanced may come to a fall and the less advanced go forward. This has been so from the earliest times. Now one people, then another come to the fore. . Therefore treat one another with respect. ". The Holy Prophet, to conclude, established in the world, a grand conception of humanity. He liberated humanity from all its fundamental inequities, and this is just the claim which the Quran has made for the Prophet. For addressing all mankind, it has been said of the Prophet: "Hard it is for him to bear your distress. ". Solicitude for Ends Not Means. The fourth excellence pointed out in the verse is contained in the words "solicitous about you. " It is a most remarkable distinction of our Holy Prophet. The. Prophet's solicitude about us men, means that his care and concern was the widest human good, not the success of his teaching or the victory of his principles. A common failing amongst human leaders is to exaggerate their devotion to a