Honor, and what indicates its virtue is that it contains the most virtuous places, such as the Qibla, towards which every human being must turn five times a day and night, and the two cities. The Great Quran was revealed to them, so its virtues are beyond enumeration and the deeds of its people are inexhaustible. Some of its people said: "O neighbor of knowledge, O people of generosity and nobility, We are neighbors to this sanctuary, the sanctuary of man, and the best. We are a people who dwelled in it, and in it they were safe from their fear. And by the verses of the Book, they were guided; so fight in us a brother who is not afraid. We know the valley, and it knows us, and Al-Safa and the House, O our beloved. And we are the ones who are feared, so know this and be. And we are the best of mankind, and by Al-Murtada, lineage. And to the two sons we trace our lineage, a lineage without blemish. And although Islam was born in it and spread from it to others, a great part of it remains in disbelief, like the lands of China and some lands of India. And a part of it follows the path of misguidance in its Islam, like the Rafidis and the Khawarij. As for the lands of Africa, they include the greatest lands, such as the land of Egypt, which is one of the greatest and most prosperous lands. It is also the nest of saints, righteous people, and scholars. And as for the lands of the Maghreb, their people are people of righteousness, piety, and knowledge. And God willing, Islam will spread among the infidels of Sudan, by the grace of the Benefactor, may God Almighty preserve him. As for America, it is a land of disbelief, because it was originally inhabited by idolaters. The Franks took control of it when their power grew in the arts of war, and they brought a group of people from their lands and sent physicians to it. Many of its people converted. It is said that the land..."