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The ruling circle of those of his people who were Among people there is one who argues about
arrogant said, ‘We will drive you out of our city, Allah without knowledge or guidance or any
Shu‘ayb, you and those who believe along with light-giving Book, turning away arrogantly, to
you, unless you return to our religion.’ He said, misguide people from the Way of Allah. He will
‘What, even though we detest it?’ (7:88) be disgraced in this world and on the Day of
So We sent down on them floods, locusts, lice, Rising We will make him taste the punishment of
frogs and blood, Signs, clear and distinct, but the Burning. (22:8-9)
they proved arrogant and were an evildoing peo- Then We sent Musa and his brother Harun with
ple. (7:133) Our Signs and clear authority to Pharaoh and his
I will divert from My Signs all those who are ar- ruling circle. But they were proud and were a
rogant in the earth without any right. If they see haughty people. (23:45-46)
every Sign, they will not believe in it. If they see (The affluent will be told,) ‘My Signs were recited
the way of right guidance, they will not take it as to you and you turned round on your heels, arro-
a way. But if they see the way of error, they will gant towards it, talking arrant nonsense all night
take that as a way. That is because they denied long.’ (23:66-67)
Our Signs and paid no attention to them. (7:146) Those who do not expect to meet Us say, ‘Why
Do not be like those who left their homes in arro- have angels not been sent down to us? Why do
gance, showing off to people and barring them we not see our Lord?’ They have become arro-
from the way of Allah–Allah encompasses what gant about themselves and are excessively inso-
they do. (8:47) lent. (25:21)
Then after them We sent Musa and Harun with And they repudiated them wrongly and haugh-
Our Signs to Pharaoh and his ruling circle, but tily, in spite of their own certainty about them.
they were arrogant and were a people of evildo- See the final fate of the corrupters. (27:14)
ers. (10:75) Pharaoh exalted himself arrogantly in the land
They will all parade before Allah and the weak and divided its people into camps, oppressing
will say to those who were arrogant, ‘We fol- one group of them by slaughtering their sons and
lowed you, so can you help us at all against the letting their women live. He was one of the cor-
punishment of Allah?’ They will say, ‘If Allah had rupters. (28:4)
guided us, we would have guided you. It makes He and his troops were arrogant in the land with-
no difference whether we cannot stand it or bear out any right. They thought that they would not
it patiently. We have no way of escape.’ (14:21) return to Us. (28:39)
Your God is One God. As for those who do not That abode of the hereafter–We grant it to those
believe in the hereafter, their hearts are in denial who do not seek to exalt themselves in the earth
and they are puffed up with pride. (16:22) or to cause corruption in it. The successful out-
(The evildoers will be told,) ‘Enter the gates of come is for those who guard against evil. (28:83)
Hell, remaining in it timelessly, for ever. How And Qarun and Pharaoh and Haman–Musa
evil is the abode of the arrogant!’ (16:29) came with the Clear Signs to them, but they were
Do not strut arrogantly about the earth. You will arrogant on the earth. They could not outstrip Us.
certainly never split the earth apart nor will you (29:39)
ever rival the mountains in height. (17:37) When Our Signs are recited to such a person, he
(‘Isa said,) ‘And (He directed me) to show devo- turns away arrogantly as if he had not heard, as if
tion to my mother. He has not made me insolent there was a great weight in his ears. So give him
or arrogant.’ (19:32) news of a painful punishment. (31:7)
Everyone in the heavens and the earth belongs to Do not avert your face from people out of haugh-
Him. Those in His presence do not consider tiness and do not strut about arrogantly on the
themselves too great to worship Him and do not earth. Allah does not love anyone who is vain or
grow tired of it. (21:19) boastful. (31:18)
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