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10. LIFE SUPREME. What a noble mani What a comely man;. His breath smells like the breath of flowers. . God is visible in his face,. Such are his virtues, such is his case. . That is why he is loved. Indeed his virtues demand. That he should be loved to the exclusion of all. . Easy of access, noble, bounteous, friend of the God-Fearing. . And he excels all in excellence and nobility, in glory and the beauty of the soul. . Muhammad is the best of creatures,. The soul of the nobles, the elect of the elect. . All noble virtues have found their limit in him. . The blessings of all times have found their place in him. . By Godi Muhammad is next to God,. And through him alone can we reach God. . He is the pride of the pious, the holies. . He is the pride of the men of virtue. . He excels all those who were honoured before him. . Indeed excellence is a matter of virtue and not of time. . I have already explained from the Holy Quran that the cultivation of Islamic virtues is the purpose of our creation and it would, therefore, be a folly on our part to neglect the object of our existence, for then we would be the losers in both the worlds. The development of moral virtues is the highest and most rewarding of all accomplishments. In no other pursuit can we find greater satisfaction and happiness-not even in the accumulation of a large fortune. . EARNEST OBJECTIVE. The first requisite needed in the achievement of any objective is that we should be charged with an earnest desire to attain it, otherwise we are not likely to get very far. Enthusiasm makes all the difference. It jet-propels us towards our objective whatever it may be. . Let us, therefore, be in earnest. . The Holy Quran mentions certain people who declared: "We earnestly wish that the Lord should include us among the righteous people. (5:85) 22. These people earnestly wished to become righteous. They were not