We have anecdotes related to some of the prophets like Prophet Dawud, Suleiman and Yusuf (David, Solomon, Joseph) who despite attaining extraordinary knowledge remained humbled, while there were people, like the Pharaoh and Qarun, who by virtue of the immense power and wealth became arrogant and lived in the history as the miserable failures. The prophets mentioned were confident because they knew what they hade was not theirs but from Allah and thus remained confident with an utter sense of humility, and were thus always expressive of their gratitude to Allah. While likes of Pharaoh and Qarun became arrogant as if what they had was all due to their efforts, thus were robbed of their power and wealth to serve as living example of the fate of the ungrateful.
Being humble is a willingness to learn from anyone by setting aside any judgment of the person in front of you. Arrogance is the belief that I know better. Arrogance is the belief that I have something that can trump what others bring to the table. Arrogance is the belief that I don't need feedback and support.
Arrogance breeds false ego and many a man do t want to lose their ego and become arrogant. While those who are humble despite being blessed with wisdom, knowledge and power, and exhibit a stature which does not smack of pride or arrogance or a sense of superiority.
Just as arrogance is usually treated as a serious vice, so humility is widely regarded as an important virtue. Indeed, it is supposed to be the virtue that opposes arrogance, keeping it in check or preventing it from developing in the first place.
We have such examples even today in our lives where knowledge, power and wealth made many arrogant, while many infused more humility in them and thanking Allah for the position, wisdom and knowledge given to them.
Without going into the details of defining arrogance and confidence with humility, please listen to Nouman Ali Khan, an eminent Muslim scholar of present time, very convincingly defining the difference between arrogance and confidence with humility by referring to mentioning prophets and others as mentioned in Qur'an. We hope after listening to the difference, we will try to reform our lives and shun any iota of arrogance inside us because of our knowledge, power or wealth and instead become more humble, yet confident of our selves as an expression of our gratitude to Allah:
Nouman Ali Khan, born to a Pakistani family, is an American Muslim speaker and Arabic instructor who founded the Bayyinah Institute for Arabic and Qur’anic Studies, after serving as an instructor of Arabic at Nassau Community College. He has been named one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan.
May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and follow the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which is embodiment of commandments of Allah contained in the Qur'ān. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door.
وَمَا عَلَيۡنَاۤ اِلَّا الۡبَلٰغُ الۡمُبِيۡنُ
(36:17) and our duty is no more than to clearly convey the Message.”
That is our duty to convey only to you the message that Allah has entrusted us with. Then it is for you to accept it or reject it. We have not been made responsible for making you accept it forcibly, and if you do not accept it, we shall not be seized in consequence of your disbelief, you will yourselves be answerable for your actions on Day of Resurrection.
May Allāh (سبحانه و تعالى) help us understand Qur'ān and help us to act upon the commandments of Allah contained therein. May Allah help us to be like the ones He loves and let our lives be lived helping others and not making others' lives miserable or unlivable. May all our wrong doings, whether intentional or unintentional, be forgiven before the angel of death knocks on our door.
May Allah forgive me if my posts ever imply a piety far greater than I possess. I am most in need of guidance.
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