Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 133
Condition VII 133 on him. He is blind and does not realise that God has power to afflict him with such misfortune as would all of a sudden cast him to the lowest of the low; and again, He has the power to bestow greater wealth and prosperity upon that brother of his whom he considers small. Yet again, that person is arrogant who is proud of his superior bodily health, or of his handsomeness, or good looks, or strength, or prowess, and scornfully makes fun of his brother and teases him and addresses him with derisive names, not satisfied with this he advertises his physical defects. It is so because he is unaware of the existence of a God Who possesses power to suddenly afflict him with such bodily defects as may leave him much worse than his brother. Similarly, the person who relies on his own strength, and neglects to supplicate to God, is arrogant. This is because he has not recognised divine strengths and powers and instead considers himself to be something. Therefore, O dear ones, remember all this lest you are deemed arrogant in the sight of Allah in some manner and you are unaware of it. A person who corrects a wrong word of his brother with arrogance has also partaken in arrogance. A person who does not wish to listen to what his brother has to say with civility and turns his face away has also partaken of arrogance. He who feels disgust for a poor and needy brother who sits next to him has also partaken of arrogance. A person who looks with derision and ridicule at one who prays has also partaken from arro- gance. One who does not wish to be completely obedient to God’s appointee and Prophet also partakes of arrogance. One who does not listen attentively to God’s appointee and Prophet and does not read his writings with care also partakes