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tion they will continue to destroy in this manner. In the end,
the destruction of the city of Konya will also be at the hands
of wicked Turks devoid of mercy.' And this being the case, it
turned out just as Mowlana said."

(Ahmad Aflaki, Ariflerin Menkıbeleri [The Manaqib al-Arifin], Turkish Min-

istry of National Education Publications, 1360; Shams al-Din Aflaki, "The
feats of the knowers of God: Manaqeb al-'arefin", translated by John O'Kane,
Brill, 2002, p.503; Rahgozari Minutalab, A Study about the Persian Cultural
Legacy and Background of the Sufi Mystics Shams Tabrizi and Jalal al-Din
Rumi, October 2009, Open Source. p.163-164, archive.org)

There is no superiority among races in the Qur'an;

superiority is by means of piety only

Mankind! We created you from a male and female, and made you
into peoples and tribes so that you might come to know each other.
The noblest among you in God's Sight is the one of you who best
performs his duty. God is All-Knowing, All-Aware. (Qur'an, 49:13)

Acting upon superiority of a race is particular to
unbelievers

Those who disbelieve filled their hearts with fanatical rage–the
fanatical rage of the Time of Ignorance–and God sent down seren-

ity to His Messenger and to the believers, and bound them to the
expression of heedfulness which they had most right to and were
most entitled to. God has knowledge of all things. (Qur'an, 48:26)