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THE FATE OF THOSE WHO

WERE LED ASTRAY BY THE

ARROGANT

particular character trait of the arrogant is their
leading others, in addition to themselves, astray.
A From a verse of the Qur' an, we learn that they do
so by "turning away arrogantly":
Among people there is one who argues about Allah
without knowledge or guidance or any light-giving
Book, turning away arrogantly, to misguide people
from the Way of Allah. He will be disgraced in this
world and on the Day of Rising We will make him taste
the punishment of the Burning. (Surat al-Hajj: 8-9)

While the arrogant are sent to Hell, those who admired
them, and thus, followed these insolent people, will also be
cast into Hellfire. These are the people who obeyed the
arrogant people because they admired their worldly
qualities. Although not as arrogant as those who possessed
"Pharaonic arrogance," those who followed in their footsteps