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things as they truly are, rather than as they externally appear to be. He
willingly bows down before a reasoned argument just as a person bows
down before might. He judges matters on their true merit, not because
they may be for or against him. Despite having great capabilities, he
develops in himself modesty. He is free from every sort of negative
emotion. He relates to people without making any distinction of ‘friend’
and ‘stranger’. He is completely above personal interest. Instead of
living in his own self, he lives by the higher principles of life.

God has made every human being a complete person in the potential
sense. But to turn this potential ‘completeness’ into a reality, that is,
in the form of a real character, is a task for each person to do. A verse
in the Quran speaks of this reality in these words: “We have indeed
created man in the best of mould, then We cast him down as the lowest
of the low.” (95: 4-5). According to this verse, every person born on earth
becomes a case of the “lowest of the low”. It is a person’s own conscious
effort that makes him reach the stage described by the phrase, “best
of mould”.
The secret of becoming a complete person lies in inculcating a sense
of deep God-consciousness. It is the fear of God that makes someone
a complete person. There is no other way of becoming a complete
person. o

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