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      To possess nobility, in any sense of the word, is a privilege granted by Providence – a Divine gift – which imposes obligations on the recipient. Since the Author of the Qur’an tells us (17: 70), ‘We have ennobled the Children of Adam’, all humanity owes allegiance to the One from whom all gifts have come. Such is His generosity that He has undertaken to reward with eternal felicity those who sell Him their selves and their property – even though all of us and all our property already belong to Him – telling us, in effect, ‘That is what you are worth to Me.’ To refuse such an indescribably generous offer is ingratitude that brings terrible loss; but as R‰mÏ’s great predecessor San¥’Ï expresses it, ‘If you don’t know your own worth, what am I to do?’