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Principles to Promote World Peace 41 teachings that have been given by Allah, the Exalted, to the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as in which righteousness is the essential pre- requisite. I shall now present some of its examples. The Holy Quran teaches us concerning all nations as a humankind: َدْنِع ِهّٰللا ْمُكىٰقْتَا١ؕ َّنِا َهّٰللا ٌمْيِلَع ٌرْيِبَخٌاَهُّيَاٰۤي ُساَّنلا اَّنِا ْمُكٰنْقَلَخ ْنِّم ٍرَكَذ َّو ىٰثْنُا َو ْمُكٰنْلَعَج اًبْوُعُش َّو َلِٕىٓاَبَق اْوُفَراَعَتِل١ؕ َّنِا ْمُكَمَرْكَا O mankind, We have created you from male and female; and We have made you into clans and tribes that you may recognize one another. Verily, the most honourable among you, in the sight of Allah, is he who is the most righteous among you. Surely, Allah is All-Knowing, All- Aware. ( S u rah al- H ujur a t, 49:14) This is the teaching about Islamic brotherhood, and the com- mandment of Allah, the Exalted, for the establishment of Islamic brotherhood and for the establishment of peace. This command is given to a believer, who has the regard for Allah, the Exalted, to fully apply these teachings of brotherhood to himself and to spread it in the world. This is the principle by which mutual love and affection and mutual brotherhood can be established in the world. Otherwise, they can create as many security councils as they desire, but they cannot allay the anxiety of nations because the powerful have reserved greater rights for themselves than oth- ers. Thus, the security of the world can only be guaranteed and the unrest of the world can only be alleviated when the false and cruel notion of national superiority is eliminated. This anxiety cannot be allayed until the arrogance of racial and national superiority