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When Allah, the Almighty perfected his character, He praised him and said:
“Surely, you (Prophet Muhammad) are of a great morality.” (Ch. 68 verse 4) Then
Allah, the Almighty – how great is His state and how perfect is His bestowing of
favor – viewing Muhammad‟s complete kindness and his great excellence – how
municifently He bestowed – praised him. Furthermore, He who had embellished
him with the noble character added that praise and said: “Surely, you (Prophet
Muhammad) are of a great morality.” (Ch. 68 verse 4). Thereafter the Messenger
of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, explained to mankind that Allah loves
the fine qualities of character and detests the bad qualities of character.
Ali said: “How strange that a Muslim, when a fellow Muslim comes to him in
need, does not regard himself obliged to bestow favor. For even if he did not
hope for reward and did not fear punishment, it still would have been necessary
for him to hasten to act generously, since good actions point the path to
salvation.” Then a man said to Ali: “Did you hear this from the Messenger of
Allah?” And Ali said: “Yes, and that, which is better than this. When the prisoners
of Tayyi were brought, there arose a girl from amongst them who said: “O
When Allah, the Almighty perfected his character, He praised him and said:
“Surely, you (Prophet Muhammad) are of a great morality.” (Ch. 68 verse 4) Then
Allah, the Almighty – how great is His state and how perfect is His bestowing of
favor – viewing Muhammad‟s complete kindness and his great excellence – how
municifently He bestowed – praised him. Furthermore, He who had embellished
him with the noble character added that praise and said: “Surely, you (Prophet
Muhammad) are of a great morality.” (Ch. 68 verse 4). Thereafter the Messenger
of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, explained to mankind that Allah loves
the fine qualities of character and detests the bad qualities of character.
Ali said: “How strange that a Muslim, when a fellow Muslim comes to him in
need, does not regard himself obliged to bestow favor. For even if he did not
hope for reward and did not fear punishment, it still would have been necessary
for him to hasten to act generously, since good actions point the path to
salvation.” Then a man said to Ali: “Did you hear this from the Messenger of
Allah?” And Ali said: “Yes, and that, which is better than this. When the prisoners
of Tayyi were brought, there arose a girl from amongst them who said: “O