Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS

Idealism with Self, Pragmatism with Others with what is feasible. Similarly, beginning with the maximum does not mean beginning with something more advantageous. It means rather beginning with the impossible. IDEALISM WITH SELF, PRAGMATISM WITH OTHERS In personal matters the believer must try to behave in a way which is ideal. But in social matters one should be practical and adjust to others’ needs. D uring his last days, the Prophet of Islam performed Hajj, going from Madinah to Makkah. On this occasion, he delivered the famous sermon known as Hajjatul Wida (The Final Sermon). In this sermon the Prophet declared that no Arab is superior to a nonArab, no white is superior to a black, except for his piousness and divine spirit. (Musnad Ahmad 23489) In this way the Prophet put an end to the old tradition of differentiating between one man and another. But on another occasion, the Prophet also observed: