Compassion for All

The truly human society is one in which its members are compassionate and show love for one another. Such people will receive God’s blessings in the Hereafter.

The Prophet of Islam once observed: “God is merciful only to those who are themselves merciful.” (Sahih al-Bukhari 1284)

To form a good society the most important condition is kindness. When the members of a society are kind and gentle to one another, such a society will be one of peace and progress. In a society where people do not show kindness and gentleness to others, it will be like a jungle in which no one will be at peace.

When someone is kind to another, this is not just between the two people concerned. It results rather in a social or collective event in the full sense. In such a society the traditions of kindness and gentleness are promoted. People speak highly of such values as mercy and compassion and this encourages noble human values, while base human initiatives are discouraged.

The benefit of being kind to others is that one who behaves in this way is at peace with himself and becomes respectable in the eyes of others. Moreover, others refrain from harming him and in this way through such actions the environment that is produced is admirable, with the benefit of such good deeds directly or indirectly reaching the doers as well.

Those who are kind to others also receive a share in God’s blessings and in the Hereafter, they will be held even more deserving of God’s blessings.

The truly human society is one in which its members are compassionate and show love for one another.