Assalamualaikum. “Oh mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the one with the strongest taqwa. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.” (Surah Al-Hujurat:13) Everyone wants to be the best. We want to be the best student, the best child, the best employee, the best spouse, the best parent, the best writer, the best speaker and so on. Everyone wants to have the best. We want the highest GPA, the gold medal in sports, the job with the biggest paycheck, the best spouse for our children, the best food, the best car, the best clothes, the best house,the best gadgets, and the list goes on. However, in the grand scheme of things, what can be nobler than being the best relation to Allah? What possession is better than having His Pleasure? It is indeed interesting that in the verse quote above, God is addressing not just to the Muslims, ...