Equality

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Equality, or treating people as equals, is a common theme in spiritual literature and is an example of Right Action.

Related Terms

Right Action > Ahimsa, Charity, Dharma, Duty, Karma, Mithra

Notes=

"...Sufism abolishes all invidious class distinctions.

surely the noblest among you in the sight of Allah is he who is the most righteous of you...

sounds a death-knell to all superiority or inferiority based on rigid caste and social distinctions. Mankins is but a family, according to the Koran..."[1]


Footnotes

  1. Ali Shah Ikbal, Islamic Sufism (Tractus Books, 2000). p. 69.