The Quran portrays Muslims as individuals who “repel evil with good.” (28:54)

Similarly, Prophet Muhammad advised a Muslim to “do good to those who harm you” (al-Tirmirdhi). Prophet Muhammad was the true embodiment of the finest moral character. Addressing the Prophet, the Quran declares: “Surely you have a sublime character.” (68:4)

So great an importance has been attached in Islam to moral character that it has been set up as a criterion by which to judge all other Islamic virtues. If one is good in relation to other human beings, that will serve as evidence that one also is good in relation to God.

Prophet Muhammad puts it thus: