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Juz 26: Reflections (al-Hujuraat:13)
This ayah establishes racial equality.
All people are related to one another, tracing their lineage back to the same mother and father. We are all the children of Adam, therefore, none is superior to the other in terms of lineage. Why then are there different races and ancestries? The purpose is identification - so that people recognize each other and also learn from each other. Ethnic diversity is a means of enrichment. If everyone was the same, there would be no variety, no different languages, cultures or cuisines! There is beauty and purpose in this variation. This is why one should never consider himself better than others based on his race and ancestry.
✨Nobility and honour in the sight of Allah is not by what you were born with, but it is by what you do, it is not by how you look, but by how you look at others, it is not by your ascribed characteristics of family, race, ethnicity, colour, height and appearance, but it is by your achieved characteristics of piety and righteousness. Honour and distinction is by righteousness and moral quality, not by birth, race or nationality.
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🌟The Prophet (saw) said at the farewell pilgrimage, "O people, your Lord is one and your father Adam is one. There is no favour of an Arab over a non-Arab, nor a non-Arab over an Arab, and neither white skin over black skin, nor black skin over white skin, except by righteousness. Have I not delivered the message?" [Musnad Ahmed]
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⭐️Therefore, we should attain distinction near Allah by excelling in piety and good deeds. Taqwa in the heart and its demonstration in actions.
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اللَّهُمَّ آتِ نَفْسِي تَقْوَاهَا وَزَكِّهَا أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا أَنْتَ وَلِيُّهَا وَمَوْلَاهَا
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