‘Isa Ibn Maryam (as) once told his disciples that he sought a favour from them.
“What do you want us to do?” they asked.
‘Isa (as) moved from his place and washed the feet of all the disciples!
“O’ Spirit of Allah! It is more befitting that we should wash your feet!” they exclaimed.
“The person who is the most deserving to serve is one who is a scholar. I have acted thus in order that I may have demonstrated humbleness. You too should develop the quality of humbleness and after I have gone you should behave with the people with humility and modesty just as I have behaved with you,”
‘Isa (as) said. “It is by means of humbleness and not arrogance that wisdom flourishes, just as it is on soft ground that plants grow, not on hard mountainous terrain.”( Namunah-e-Ma’arif, Volume 3, Page 223; Al-Wafi, Volume 1, Page 4 )