Muhammad the kindred to Humanity — Page 27
27 "The Compassionate, the Merciful'. I. The fifth great quality of our Prophet, pointed in the verse is contained in the words "to the believers compassionate, merciful". A common human failing is that when a leader lays the world or any particular people under some sort of a debt, he begins to expect some recognition and thankfulness on the part of those indebted to him. He expects them to acknowledge whatever he has done for them. But as the Quran points out, the Holy. Prophet is far above this human failing. Instead of expecting acknowledgement and thanks from those whom he lays under his debt, he himself feels grateful and indebted to them, and wants to serve them all the more. Being good to others, he feels as though it is the others who are being good to him. He is thankful to others when others have more cause to be thankful to him. . It is the very highest pinnacle of spiritual greatness, and only he can reach it who cares not for personal greatness, who is an Apostle, a massenger who stands up not on his own account but on account of the compelling message he receives from on high, (Translated and Condensed)