Our Prophet, peace be upon him, said, I was commanded to treat people according to their stature. This is no way negates the statement of the Prophet that people are equal like the teeth of a comb. In the light of the Sacred Law, all people are equal, but in their accomplishments and divine success (tawfiq), they differ markedly. And should differences ever cease, then humanity is endangered: You will continue to be healthy as a society as long as you have degrees of excellence, but should you all become the same, you will be destroyed, the Prophet ﷺ said. This profound hadith implies that the leveling of accomplishments, knowledge, and talents in a society, by its very nature, is a sign that excellence is removed from human works. This is the modern age of nihilistic leveling. Excellence is removed from our schools by dumbing down the students and leveling them to functional literates. It is removed from our politics because those chosen to lead are mainly those who covet it and not those who are morally, intellectually, and spiritually qualified for office.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:35:00 +0000
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