even if you were the king of all muslims then know that the king of sudan who is a black man with exposed private parts and is ignorant has a kingdom greater than yours. if you say that you took it by right then by my life you did not take it by right since you used the vice of conceit in it. and if you do not act justly in it then be ashamed of your condition for it is a condition in which there is no condition in which conceit is due.
وان كنت ملك المسلمين كلهم، فاعلم أن ملك السودان وهو رجل أسود مكشوف العورة جاهل، يملك أوسع من ملكك. فان قلت أخذته بحق، فلعمري ما أخذته بحق اذ استعملت فيه رذيلة العجب، وإذا لم تعدل فيه فاستحي من حالك، فهي حالة لا حالة يجب العجب فيها.