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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Pretension and Conceit Great Benefit Provided By Khomeini in Treating Conseit We would like to conclude this research with something useful provided to us by our greatest mentor, imam Khomeini, may his blessings last, in the field of treating the conceit sickness.

It is hoped that those who seek it will arrive at the anticipated result with precision according to the useful statement of our mentor and of those stated by great scholars of ethics, and surely Allah grants success and helps. Imam Khomeini, may his shade last, says the following : "Be informed that the contemptible sin of conceit is created by loving the nafs. This is so because man by nature loves it, and loving the nafs is the source of every human sin and the origin of all moral vices.

Because of this love, man sees his insignificant deeds as looking great in his eyes, seeing himself as a benevolent person when doing these deeds and one of those who enjoy a special status with the Truthful One, the Almighty. He sees himself because of these insignificant deeds, worthy of praise and lauding. His ugly deeds may be decorated for him. When he sees others doing better and greater deeds than his own, he is not concerned about them.

He often interprets people's good deeds in a bad way whHe interpreting his ugly deeds and wrongdoings as good according to a level of interpretation. He thus thinks ill of Allah's manner whHe thinking well of his own self. He, through this love, sees himself as crediting the Truthful One, the Almighty, obligating Him to be merciful to him through an insignificant deed which is mixed with a thousand filths and with everything that distances one from his Lord.

We ought to think for a short whHe of the good deeds and the acts of adoration which come out of us in order to see if we deserve to be praised and lauded on their account and be worthy of rewards and mercy, or should we be blamed, penalized and receive the wrath on their account? If the Truthful One burnt us with the lire of His subduing and wrath because of these deeds which we consider to be good, it would have been truthful and just.