Put Aside Your Pride—Set Down Your Arrogance—And Remember The Day Of Resurrection:

Arrogance is a blameworthy characteristic which is the Feature of Iblees and his cohorts in this world — those on whose hearts Allah has placed a seal.

Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“And surely, We created you (your Father Adam) and then gave you shape (the noble shape of a human being); then We told the angels, ‘Prostrate yourselves to Adam’, and they prostrated themselves, except Iblees (Satan), he refused to be of those who prostrated themselves.

(Allah) said: ‘What prevented you (O Iblees) that you did not prostrate yourself, when I commanded you?’ Iblees said: ‘I am better than him (Adam), You created me from fire, and him You created from clay’”. (Al-A’raaf 7:11-12)

Pride is an attribute that is not befitting for anyone except Allah. Whoever seeks to compete with Allah in that — Allah will destroy him, wreak vengeance on him and make things difficult for him.

It was narrated that Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri and Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allaah (saw) said: “Allah, the Exalted, said: 'Might is His garment and pride is His cloak; whoever seeks to compete with Me concerning them, I will punish him.'” (Narrated by Muslim: 2620)

Types Of Arrogance:

1 – When a person does not accept the Truth and produces False arguments against it —“Arrogance means rejecting the truth and looking down on people.”

2 – When a person admires himself For his beauty or handsomeness — or the Fineness of his Food or clothing, so he Feels proud and arrogant and Feels superior to people.

Everyone who tries to be arrogant and put himself above others, Allah will bring him down among the lowest of the low, and will humiliate him — because he is going against reality, so Allah will punish him by thwarting his aims; the punishment is to Fit the crime.

The one who is arrogant towards the people will be trampled beneath the Feet of the people on the Day of Resurrection — as a punishment For his arrogance.

It was narrated From ‘Amr ibn Shu’ayb via his father and grandfather that the Prophet (saw) said: “On the Day of Resurrection, the arrogant will be gathered like ants in the form of men. Humiliation will overwhelm them From all sides. They will be driven to a prison in Hell called Bawlas, with the hottest Fire rising over them, and they will be given to drink of the juice of the inhabitants of Hell, which is teenat al-khabaal.”

(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 2492; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi, 2025)

Allah says: “And Turn not your Face away From men with pride, nor walk in insolence through the earth. Verily, Allah likes not any arrogant boaster.

And be moderate (or show no insolence) in your walking, and lower your voice. Verily, the harshest of all voices is the braying of the asses” (Luqmaan 31:18-19)

Al-Qurtubi said: The phrase “nor walk in insolence through the earth” is a prohibition of arrogance and is enjoining humility. Marah (translated here as insolence) is excessive joy, or it was said that it means being arrogant in walking, or thinking too highly of oneself.

Qutaadah said: it means showing off in walking; or it was said that it means vanity.

All of these suggestions are close in meaning, but they may be divided into two categories — Those which are blameworthy and Those which are praiseworthy.

Arrogance, vanity, showing off and thinking too highly of oneself are blameworthy; joy and energy are praiseworthy.

Tafseer al-Qurtubi, 10/260.

Remedy For arrogance is — For a person to realize that on the Day of Resurrection he will be gathered in a small Form like an ant which will be trampled underfoot. Arrogant people are hated by other people just as they are hated by Allah; people love humble, tolerant and gentle people, and they hate those who are harsh and cruel to people.

Think about this — on the Day of Judgment that we are accountable to Allah For our every action, this thought will bring humility within us. We ask Allah (swt) to rid us all of Arrogance and make us Humble.(Ameen).

JazakAllah (May Allah reward you [with] goodness)for reading.

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