Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 121
VII That he/she shall entirely give up pride and vanity and shall pass all his/her life in humbleness, cheerfulness, forbearance and meekness. [From the Friday sermon delivered at Frankfurt, Germany, on August 29, 2003, in which seventh and eighth conditions of bai‘at were discussed in detail. ] Next to Shirk , There is no Affliction Like Arrogance After exhibiting his pride, Satan had decided from the very beginning that he would try his utmost to hinder men from becoming true servants of Allah. He had made up his mind to entrap mankind through various ways. Even when man would perform a virtuous act, Satan would make him self- conceited, and thus through his personal vanity and egotism, he could be led to be proud and arrogant. This sense of pride would, in the end, make man lose the reward of his virtuous c o n d i t i o n