carried its meaning, saying: O Umar, the Jew and I had more need of something better than this from you: that you bid him press his claim with grace, and bid me pay with grace. So Umar grew calm and drew back from harming the man; and nothing remained for the Jew but to be overcome by this vast forbearance and these lofty, exalted morals — this answering of evil with good.

Presently he addressed the Messenger, saying: By God, I did not come to you seeking my right; I had already recognized in you all the marks of prophethood. One mark alone remained: that insolence toward you only increases you in forbearance. Now that I have come to know it, stretch out your hand to me; for I bear witness that there is no god but God, and that you are the Messenger of God.

As for the charter of human rights which the United Nations pro-claims today, it is nothing new, for the Messenger proclaimed it at the beginning of the seventh century of the Christian era, saying: "All crea-tures are the dependents of God, and the dearest of them to Him is the most useful to His dependents."

The Noble Quran defined equality and brotherhood in words that the finest scholar could not match nor approach: "O mankind, We created you from a male and a female, and made you peoples and tribes that you might know one another. Verily the noblest of you in God's sight is the most God-fearing of you; verily God is All-Knowing, All-Aware." He, peace be upon him, likewise gave pure brotherhood a scientific, social definition, saying: "Whoever deals with people and does not wrong them, speaks with them and does not lie to them, and makes them promises and does not break

them — he is one whose manliness is complete, whose justice is manifest, and whose brotherhood is binding."

More beautiful still is his address on the day of the conquest of Mecca to a people who had called him liar, defied him, and disbelieved in him, though they knew of him nothing but truthfulness and trustworthi-ness — nay, they acknowledged in the depths of their souls that what

Muhammad brought was truth and what he called them to was right; but pride in sin kept them from following an orphan or listening to a poor man. Then they conspired against him to kill him, after they had spent their utmost in harming him and harming those who believed in him.

But God gave him victory, and he went forth; and their enmity did not rest until they made war upon him. Then their dominion passed away, and God gave him power over their necks and opened their city to him with an army they could not with-stand. And he called out to those who had done him harm: What do you think I shall do with you? And then there ran upon their tongues what they knew of his character, and they said: A generous brother, and the son of a generous brother. He did not disappoint their opinion of him; the intoxication of victory did not seize him, nor did triumph make him overweening, nor did he call them to account for their past;

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