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Causes Of Arrogance

For this reason, everything related to their children, their
food, clothes, the schools they attend, their profession etc.
become matters of prestige for them.
"Ostentation," which should be regarded as a social
"disease," is not restricted to this example alone. The majority

of people boast about their social status, clothes, cars, houses,
goods and so on. Interestingly, their main ambition in this
form of ostentation is to earn the respect of others. That is,
their choices do not reflect what they really need to improve
their health, comfort or tastes. They attach too much
importance to the opinions of others. This subjects them to an
emotional roller-coaster ride, of greater and greater ambition
and more desires. But, will this ambition suffice to quench
the desires of man' s lower self?
Allah informs us in the Qur' an that the greed of
disbelievers is insatiable. The greedier a person becomes the
more arrogant and rebellious he becomes. Indeed, the verse
below offers an accurate description of the psychology of a
disbeliever:
Leave the person I created on his own to Me alone, him
to whom I have given great wealth and sons who stay

with him, and whose way I have smoothed. Then he
wants Me to add yet more! (Surat al-Muddaththir: 11-15)
As the above verse also brings to light, because the
desires of the lower self are insatiable, it is always in need of
more. It passionately desires something, but once it is
attained, it immediately seeks something else. A person
believes that he will be happy once he attains his desire, but
he soon finds that the attainment of what he thought would