Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 123
Condition VII 123 Man has no reason to show arrogance and haughtiness. In the Holy Qur’an Allah the Almighty says: 76 And walk not in the earth haughtily, for thou canst not rend the earth, nor canst thou reach the mountains in height. This verse makes it clear that man has no position at all to strut about. What is it that he is so proud of? Some people think they are the kings of the time. They do not wish to come out of their limited circle. Remaining within their limited circles, they think of themselves as something grand. I am going to give the example of the smallest circle—that of domestic circumstances. It is truly alarming to see how savagely some men mistreat their wives and children. Some girls write to me telling me they have now become adults, but since their childhood they have been witnessing the oppres- sive treatment of their fathers towards their mothers and themselves, but now they cannot tolerate it any more. They used to hide in their rooms as soon as their father entered the house. If their mother or anyone of them happened to say anything against his likings, the father was so cruel that he would beat them. It is only arrogance that has turned fathers like this to commit such extremities. Most of them keep a nice posture outside their homes and people think no one is as noble as those persons. Thus, the outsiders have a favour- able opinion about them. But there are some who keep an 76. ( Ban i Isr a ’ i l , 17:38)