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THE ARROGANCE OF SATAN

fleeting enjoyment. (Surat ar-Ra' d: 26)

This being the case, in the life of this world, which is as
brief as the blink of an eye, man needs to avoid such
delusions and feel grateful for the possessions given to him,
rather than perceiving them as a means to become arrogant
towards Allah. Indeed, the Day of Rising is a dreadful day,
when all of man' s possessions and other worldly assets will
be reduced to nothing. On that Day, when not a single trace
of man' s worldly possessions will remain, he will be called
to account for every offence he committed against Allah.
In the coming sections of this book, we will present
examples from the lives of the arrogant who boasted of their
property, as they were mentioned in the Qur' an.

Beauty and Youthfulness

Beauty is also among the causes that may lead a person to
become arrogant. People are all too easily deceived by the
fleeting allurements of this world. However, physical beauty
is not a quality of one' s own making. It is granted by Allah.
It is also a quality that can be taken back at any time.
Everyone knows that it is a matter of an instant in which
one can lose his or her good-looks. A facial scar, or loss of an
organ, can change the looks of a person forever, and none
should regard himself as an exception. Even if none of these
terrible things were to happen, a person must keep in mind
that he is also vulnerable to a merciless and irrepressible
enemy; that is, aging. Even the most beautiful person in the
world cannot resist the process of aging, and eventually her
beauty, first diminished by wrinkles and other traces of old