Man should keep in mind the advantages of modesty as well as...

Man should keep in mind the advantages of modesty as well as the disadvantages of arrogance. He should also remember the words of praise that were said about modesty and these of dispraise that were said about arrogance. It is said: “For people of reason, modesty with ignorance and stinginess is better than arrogance with mannerism and openhanded.

Modesty, then, is such a great good feature covering two bad qualities, and arrogance is such a bad quality screening two good traits[^8].” [^1]: Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 15 part 2 page 209 (quoted from Qurb ul-Isnad.) There is a similar narrative that is recorded in Sheikh as-Saduq’s Ilal ush-Sharaayi. [^2]: Quoted from Bihar ul-Anwar; vol. 15 part 3 page 125 (quoted from Sheikh as-Saduq’s al-Khissal.) [^3]: Quoted from Nahj ul-Balagha.

[^4]: Quoted from al-Wafi; 3:87 (quoted from al-Kafi). [^5]: Quoted from al-Wafi; 3:150 (quoted from al-Kafi). [^6]: Salman al-Farsi (born in 7th century) is a great figure in Islam. He was a…