The Unity of Muslims — Page 8
8 Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad fair to pale complexions. Another notable difference is in facial features. For example, chins can be protruding, short or double. Some are strong and healthy, whilst others are skinny and frail. There are also variations in muscular strength, some strong and others weak. Likewise, we exhibit differences in attractiveness and ugliness, as well as in understanding, intelligence, and memory. Variability is also evident within our five senses. In terms of the faculty of sight, the optometrist prescribes glasses with varying prescriptions—providing far vision for some and near vision for others. Our capacities for taste also vary. Some people have a refined taste palette. This trait is especially prevalent among the British who cultivate it through practice. Drinking is a popular tradition among them. A person who can discern the year a wine was harvested is awarded up to five thousand rupees. Adhering to Islamic teachings on moderation, Muslims are not so extravagant as to offer large cash prizes on culinary pursuits, unlike Europeans. Similarly, individuals differ in their ability to use the sense of smell to discern scents and odours. People vary in their voices, some being raspy and nasal, others deep and flat, and still others high-pitched, rhythmic,