God says
Indeed in the messenger of God you have a good example for everyone who looks forward [with hope and awe] to God and the Last Day, and remembers God unceasingly. -- Q.33:21
…[know that] whoever pays heed unto God and pays heed unto His Apostle has already attained to a mighty triumph. -- Q.33:71
O you who believe! Pay heed unto God and pay heed unto the Apostle and let not your [good] deeds come to naught. --
Q.47:33
Behold, all who pledge their allegiance to thee [O Muhammad] pledge their allegiance to God: the hand of God is over their hands.* Q.48:10
(This is reference to the hand-clasp with which all followers of the Prophet confirmed their allegiance to him at Hudaybiyyah. The verse is of great spiritual significance in Sufi order.)
Prophet said
“None of you (truly) believes until his inclination is in accordance to what I have brought” – H: Kitab al-Hujja. N: Muhammad Abdullah.
“You are in no way better than a Red one or a black one (or a white one) except that you surpass him on account of piety.” -- H: Ahmed. N: Abu Zarr.
In Islam cast, creed, colour or what have you does not make you superior person or nation. God-consciousness does; that is: ‘awareness of God’s all presence and to try to mould one’s life in the light of this awareness.’
