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castes nor it man can attain to salvation because· he belongs to a 'great family'. The Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam, told Hazrat Fatima not to take pride in being the daughter of a Messenger of God. God has nothing to do with the castes. The man attains to spiritual ranks because of his Taqwa. The castes and the tribes are just a matter of recognition. God has nothing to do with them. It is Taqwa that generates the love of God and again it is Taqwa that is the basis of the attainment of high ranks. If somebody is a Sayyed and he becomes a Christian and abuses the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam, and insults the ·commandments of God, can it ever be said that since he is a descendant of the Holy Prophet he will attain to salvation and he will be made to enter the paradise? /nnaddina indallahil Islam In the sight of God, the true religion which grants salvation is Islam. (Malfoozat Vol. III, p. 343) SYMPATHY FOR ALL The first attribute of God that has been mentioned in the Suratut-Fatiha is Rabbul Aalamin and it includes all the creatures of the universe. A Believer's sphere of sympathy should also be, basically, as wide as that-all the birds and the animals and every kind of cereatures should be within that sphere. The second attribute in the Suratul Fatiha is Ar-Rahman which teaches us that we should particularly be kind and 176