Rather, it is a reasonable sense of self - worth. One Bible scholar described it as “a balanced self - love that is neither a narcissistic ‘ I am divine ’ nor a masochistic ‘ I am dirt. ’ ”
وَمَحَبَّةُ ٱلْآخَرِينَ كَنَفْسِنَا تَعْنِي أَنْ نَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهِمْ كَمَا نُرِيدُ أَنْ يُنْظَرَ إِلَيْنَا وَأَنْ نُعَامِلَهُمْ كَمَا نُحِبُّ أَنْ نُعَامَلَ .‏