PROPHET MUHAMMAD ﷺ

“You should be merciful to people on earth, God on high will be merciful to you.” (Sunan Abu Dawood) God will not show mercy to one who does not show mercy to others. (Sahih al-Bukhari) This teaching of Islam spread so widely that it came to be included in Muslim literature all over the world. Every language reverberated with these ideas. An Indian Muslim poet composed this couplet: Karo meherbani tum ahl-e-zameen par (Be kind to people on earth) Khuda meherban hoga arsh-e-barin par (God on high will be merciful to you) Of all matters which are of great personal importance, the virtue of mercy is ranked as the foremost.  The Quran urges that everyone should treat others with sympathy and kindness. Even when one experiences unkindness from others one should not return unkindness for unkindness, but should continue to behave sympathetically. Discipline is not a trivial matter. It essentially represents universal ethics.