English book · The Spirit of Islam

Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS

English book, p. 354

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

of his choice of religion or culture, the believer still remains a human being. Because of this commonality, he continues to remain worthy of everyone’s respect. When you look at a person and your eyes are set on differences, then as a result, you want to keep your distance from him. You will find there is no commonality between you and him. On the contrary, if you look at him as a human being, he emerge as a masterpiece of God’s creation. Then his existence will remind you of the high attributes of God. Then in such a situation you will forget the apparent difference and you will be lost in the divine creation that he represents. In the mirror of creation, you will find God. In the form of the human being you will imagine a being, or a person who has also been created by God and who is worthy of respect as you think you are yourself. His relationship with God is equal of your relationship with God, the Compassionate and Merciful. For any human being, respect is not for a person but for God. When a believer respects some person, it is in fact an expression of divine feelings that are aroused in him about God as the best Creator. And the expression of these divine feelings has no limit. Such

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