Kafir -

Rashid spoke first. "You are from the other side. My people call your people a word that means 'coverer of truth.' I have used that word. But standing here, seeing you also carry water for the thirsty, I realize I have been the one covering a truth: the truth that your child's thirst is the same as my child's thirst."

One summer, a terrible drought came. The only water source was a single, ancient well that sat exactly on the unmarked border between the two villages. Neither side would let the other draw water first. Rashid spoke first

He took a heavy jug and walked to the well. There he found Eli, also carrying a jug. But standing here, seeing you also carry water

Eli did not argue. He nodded, and walked back to his village. He took a heavy jug and walked to the well

Rashid, troubled by the cries of thirsty children on both sides, decided to act. He remembered a teaching from his tradition: "To remove a harm from the road is charity." The greatest harm, he thought, was not disbelief, but the refusal to see another's suffering.