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A Spiritual Note
Edition 3 - 8 July 2005 - 1 Jumada al-Thani 1426
As-salaamu 'alaikum (Peace be upon you).
Our Spiritual Note for this week has been taken from the article Pride by Imam Kalamazad Mohammed.
Pride
Qur'an: "And when We said to the angels, Be submissive to Adam, they submitted, but Iblis (did not). He refused and was proud, and he was one of the disbelievers" (2:34). [...]
Hadith: "He who has in his heart as much faith as a grain of mustard-seed will not enter hell, and he who has in his heart as much pride as a grain of mustard-seed will not enter paradise" (Sahih Muslim). [...]
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad: "Every person who looks down on his brother because he is more learned, or more intelligent or more skilful is guilty of pride, because he does not regard God as the source and fountainhead of all intelligence and knowledge, but assumes an air of superiority regarding himself. Does God not have the power to make him insane and to make his brother whom he considered inferior, greater in intellect, knowledge and accomplishment?"
You can read the full article on http://www.aaiil.org/text/articles/others/pride.shtml.
Khuda Haafiz,
Riaz Ahmadali
Institute for Islamic Studies and Publications
Paramaribo, Suriname
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http://moeslim.8m.net
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