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As a Christian, I was brought up on that saying attributed to Isa — peace be upon — that the greatest commandment of the Law was to love the Lord our God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our mind, and that next was to love our neighbour as ourself.¹

As a Muslim, it becomes quite evident that the same general principles apply. For example, the Prophet — peace be upon him — said:

‘Two traits are unsurpassed by any other good: thinking well of God, and thinking well of His servants. And two traits are unsurpassed by any other evil: thinking ill of God, and thinking ill of His servants.’

May Allah make us a people respectful of these two key principles, and may they come alive in our lives.