The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 357
Arrogance 357 you should not partake of arrogance in any respect so that you may escape ruin and you and yours may attain salvation. Lean towards God and love Him to the utmost degree possible and fear Him as much as anyone can be feared in this life. Be pure hearted and pure intentioned and meek and humble and free of all mischief so that you may receive mercy. [Nuzul-ul-Masīḥ, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 18, pp. 402-403]. Do not Idolize Me. It is not my way that I should look so fierce and aweinspiring that people should fear me as they fear a wild beast. I hate to be idolized. I have come to abolish idol worship and not to become an idol myself so that people should worship me. God Almighty knows well that I do not prefer myself to others in the slightest degree. In my estimation there is no greater idol worshipper nor anyone more wicked than an arrogant one. Such a one worships no God, he only worships himself. [Malfūzāt, vol. II, pp. 6-7]. Remember that arrogance is allied to falsehood. The worst falsehood is that which accompanies arrogance. . That is why God, the Glorious, smashes the head of an arrogant one before all others. [Ā'īna-e-Kamālāt-e-Islām, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 5, p. 599]. Forms of Arrogance and Means of Purification. It is easy for a person to discard the principal vices, but some vices are so subtle and hidden that one is not normally conscious of them, and even when one becomes conscious of them it is difficult to discard them. For instance, typhoid which is a severe illness and a high fever can be treated immediately with appropriate remedies,