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worthy of greater respect in the eyes of. God who are truly more righteaus. (49: 14). Members of the Ahmadiyya Community should so conspicuously adopt this principle in their lives that it should become a distinctive feature, making them into a people quite in a class by themselves, setting for all in this world a glowing example of equality and brotherhood, truly characteristic of the Islamic way of life. . In regard to the poor, the Holy Prophet. Muhammad (peace be on him) has said that if they stick to righteousness, they would enter the gates of Heaven five hundred years before the rich (Tirmadhi, Abwabul. Zohad). The Holy Prophet in this case spoke in a mataphorical language. The poor referred to are both those who are outwardly poor, and those meek of heart; and by five hundred years here is meant a long period of time, of which the reality is known only to Allah, for in the Life. Hereafter, time will not be counted by days and months and years as counted in this world, this measure being only a 34