Page 13 - The Arrogance of Satan

CAUSES OF ARROGANCE

s we said earlier, the reason underlying a person' s
arrogance is his erroneous assumption that he has
A an existence apart from and independent of Allah,
and that he has acquired his qualities of his own doing.
However, in order to recognise the irrational nature of this
line of thinking, one does not have necessarily to adhere to a
faith.
Simply giving a little thought to this matter would make
one grasp that he has not come into being by his own will,
that he has no idea whatsoever about the time he will meet
his death, and that his physical characteristics had not been
given to him on his own doing. All these factors should lead
him to comprehend that everything he possesses, including
his body, is temporal, and will ultimately perish. All these
indicators are clear evidence that man is weak, and that
nothing-not even those things he thinks he is in possession
of-in actuality, belong to himself, or that he exercises control
over them. We could multiply these examples still, through
deeper thought. In light of all these facts, it becomes clear
how irrational is arrogance. However, the majority of people