We know that the Zanj (blacks) are the least intelligent and the least discerning of mankind.
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Ikhlaas is to forget the vision of creation by constantly looking at the Creator.
Al-JahizAl-Jahiz And the least capable of understanding the consequences of actions.
Al-JahizAl-Jahiz Environmental factors influence organisms to develop new characteristics to ensure survival, thus transforming into new species.
Al-JahizAl-Jahiz Animals engage in a struggle for existence; for resources, to avoid being eaten and to breed.
Al-JahizAl-Jahiz Animals that survive to breed can pass on their successful characteristics to offspring.
Al-JahizAl-Jahiz Like the crow among mankind are the Zanj [African Blacks] for they are the worst of men and the most vicious of creatures in character and temperament.
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