The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 362
362 The true progeny of Adam are the humble. Essence of Islām II O worm of this earth! Give up arrogance and pride; For pride becomes the Glorious Lord alone. Consider yourselves as worse than all; Maybe this will help you enter the court of the Lord God. Give up pride and arrogance, because therein alone lies righteousness; Be humble as dust: therein lies the pleasure of the Lord. The root of righteousness is humility for the sake of God; Virtue, which is the condition of faith, lies entirely in Taqwa (righteousness). [Brāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, Part V, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 21, p. 18]