Those whose ignorance is more and whose rational faculties are more defective, are more proud of themselves; and those whose knowledge is greater, whose souls are more capacious, and whose breasts are spacious-they are humbler and more modest. SOURCE: FORTY HADITH | IMAM KHOMEINI (R)
As soon as we human beings become proud…
As soon as we human beings become proud of a blessing or success, we stop there. Not only we won’t receive new and higher blessings or successes, but we will lose them too. It would have been good if we were able to not become proud of ourselves, and could see that whatever we have…
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Thinking of taqwa as a fortress and protector…
Thinking of taqwa as a fortress and protector might make some people proud and ignorant and they would suppose that a person who has taqwa never makes a mistake. This may result in never noticing the great risks for taqwa. But the fact is that, although taqwa is a perfect state, it involves some danger…
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The meanest among the arrogant is the person…
The meanest among the arrogant is the person who is proud of outward matters like: – wealth – position – family – descent This poor fellow is far from all human excellences and moral sense; his hands are empty of all learning and knowledge. SOURCE: FORTY HADITH | IMAM KHOMEINI (R)
As soon as a person with narrow mentality…
As soon as a person with narrow mentality beholds any merit in himself, he imagines himself to enjoy a kind of superiority. He thinks he has acquired a higher station, whereas, if he justly evaluates it and judges his accomplishments and merits, he would see that what he imagined to be perfection and is so…
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