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THE ARROGANCE OF SATAN

are so unconcerned about their role in life that they cannot
grasp-or are prone to forget-even these simple facts. For this
reason, in our day, one can hardly encounter a person who is
not guilty of arrogance on some level.
However, it is entirely unthinkable for a person to become
arrogant if he is aware that Allah is the Almighty, that He
created everything from nothing, that it is Allah Who has
endowed humans with all their qualities and bestowed upon
them their possessions, and Who can take them back
whenever He wills, that all beings are mortal, and that the
only One Whose existence will persist forever is Allah alone.
Only the ones who fail to grasp these facts and forget about
their deficiencies, weaknesses and death, can dare to act as
such.
The reasons underlying arrogance are of various kinds;
an issue which is unimportant for some may become a cause

for arrogance in others. But, in general, the reasons leading to
feelings of arrogance in people are basically the same. These
reasons are generally linked to people' s physical or
intellectual qualities. The most frequent causes are the
following:
• Power and Wealth
• Beauty and Youth
• Status, Prestige and Esteem
• Intelligence, Enlightenment and Education
Of course, we can always add to these causes. Other
causes, depending on the environment in which one lives,
can also lead to arrogance. Yet, a person who seeks the
reasons for why some people have become arrogant will
eventually come across these qualities mentioned above.