Page 15 - The Arrogance of Satan

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Causes Of Arrogance

Further scrutiny of the qualities mentioned above will
lead one to conclude that these are all temporary qualities,
over which one does not have control. All these are temporal

values, no matter how beautiful, wealthy or intelligent a
person may be. A man' s life is limited to 50-80 years or, at
most to a 100 years... Neither the wealthiest man, nor the
most beautiful woman, has the privilege of enjoying a longer
life in this world. He or she will eventually meet death,
although he had sought to avoid it and lose everything which
he had been boasting about.
This aside, we need to keep in mind that all such things
as wealth, beauty, and health are not guaranteed for life. It is
only a matter of a moment when one can lose all of his or her
material and spiritual attributes of which he is so proud. It is
not infrequently that we can witness examples of people who
experience such losses. The Qur' an reveals the true nature of
the life of this world, that we take heed:

Know that the life of the world is merely a game and a
diversion and ostentation and a cause of boasting
among yourselves and trying to outdo one another in
wealth and children: like the plant-growth after rain
which delights the cultivators, but then it withers and
you see it turning yellow, and then it becomes broken
stubble. In the hereafter there is terrible punishment
but also forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure.
The life of the world is nothing but the enjoyment of
delusion. (Surat al-Hadid: 20)

We have already stated that these qualities that contribute
up arrogance in people are not features that make a person