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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Islamic Ethics Lecture 12: Knowledge, Like Property and Social Status, Brings About Arrogance There is an important point that is necessary to tell you religious students and university students about. It is a danger that will ruin all your efforts if not understood. This danger is arrogance. This danger is found in every group of people, but it is more common amongst scholars. The knowledge that one has in any field can cause arrogance.

Arrogance destroys people, just like it destroyed Iblīs. There is a tradition that says that the first sin on earth was Iblīs's arrogance. He fell due to his arrogance to a place where everyone curses him. The definition of arrogance, its danger and why it is common amongst scholars will be made clear. One is arrogant when he imagines himself to be of importance or imagines that he has special characteristics. He thinks that he does not have any needs.

He considers himself important because he learned some jargon or he considers himself someone who does not have any needs because he has become rich. Someone is more likely to become arrogant if his social status increases after he has gained knowledge. When one becomes a president of a company he sees greatness in himself. Compound Ignorance Makes One Forget That He’s A Servant The danger of arrogance is that one will leave worship and enter into a state of compound ignorance.

Ignorance is when one does not see reality. He considers his imagination to be true, not reality. One reality, for example, is that every existence in every level is less than the existence of the Seal of the Prophets (S). Whoever considers his existence to be dependent, and his existence to be from someone else, is present and everlasting.

But, whoever thinks that his existence is in his own hands must see that he will die even if he does not want to and he will continue to live even if he does not want to. One will not die until Allah allows him to die, even if he tries to kill himself. Not only is his life in someone else's hands, but his death is in someone else's hands as well. Drinking poison and death is from Allah.

If Allah wants one to die by drinking poison he will die, but if Allah does not want this, even if he drinks poison he will not die. He Tried To Kill Himself In Two Different Ways, But Survived I read in an article that a man in New York took a loan for millions of dollars in order to build a skyscraper.