He brought them all before one God and made them stand shoulder to shoulder, sultan and slave, with all their family distinctions, sects, genealogical records and traditions. And he said Kullo muslim in akhwanon ("All Muslims are brothers"). And do you think that brotherhood was only called a brotherhood? No, it was taught, it was lived as brotherhood; and if you wish to see the example of it fifteen hundred years afterwards, you can see it today. Bedouins, who are the most savage people living in the desert, are always inclined to fight with their knives: if there is a little cross word there are knives taken against one another. But if a third person comes and says Salu all' an nabi ("Friends, think of your Prophet, respect your Prophet"), that is enough. Neither of them will dare go forward; they will throw their knives away at once and take one another's hands, say the name of the Prophet and kiss them.