 whoever is concerned with knowing his virtues and example should examine peoples morals examine their characteristics and character and discern their virtues and faults then measure them against what he has of them and know that he is like them and that they are like him for people are similar indeed they are equal like the teeth of a comb.
وينبغي لمن عنى بتعرف مناقبه ومثاله أن يفحص عن أخلاق الناس ويتفقد شيمهم وخلائقهم ويتبصر مناقبهم ومثالبهم فيقيسها بما عنده منها ويعلم أنه مثلهم وأنهم أمثاله فإن الناس أشباه بل هم سواء كأسنان المشط