Who is better in speech than one who summons [others] to God…That is, than one who guides [people] to God, His worship and the Sunna of His Messenger , and to the avoidance of all that is forbidden; [and who guides] to perseverance (idāma) in rectitude (istiqāma) with God, steadfastness in this for fear of one’s end (khātima); and to the middle way (ṭarīqa wusṭā), and the straight path (jādda mustaqīma), upon which whoever travels will be safe, but away from which whoever deviates (taʿaddā) will be filled with regret (nadam).His words: