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Modesty and Arrogance January 31, 2008

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Quran 2:34 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 7:12 · Al-A'raf
Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 920
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 3913
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 11724
Raudh Al-Akhyar - Ibn Al-Khatib, p. 407
Al-ʿIqd al-Farīd - Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, vol 2, p. 109-10
Matthew, 5:44
Musnad Al-Bazzar, Hadith no. 6947
Quran 7:13 · Al-A'raf
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the real criterion that separates a true person from a false one
“The criterion for man is this: modesty and arrogance”
3 min 56 sec
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creation story of angels and Iblis bowing before Adam
“When God made man, two other creations already existed: angels and Iblis”
4 min 43 sec
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hadith on divine inspiration plus the Gautam Buddha milk-pot story
“Let me give you an example — inspiration flows from God day and night”
55 sec
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milk glass analogy for a closed, arrogant mind
“Suppose fresh milk is being poured and your glass is upside down”
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modesty defined as the other name for receptivity
“Modesty is the other name of receptivity”
2 min 33 sec
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story of a family that raised children to fake omniscience
“Once I went to a village outside Delhi”
31 sec
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arrogance as root of all evil, modesty root of good
“Arrogance is the root of all evils, modesty the root of all goodness”
5 min 28 sec
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two hadiths: arrogance bars paradise, modesty earns God's approval
“First hear the hadith about arrogance — he will never enter paradise”
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hadith: whoever adopts modesty, God elevates him
“Man tawada rafa'ahu Allah — whoever adopts modesty, God raises him”
1 min 47 sec
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hadith on modesty elevating a person onto God's approved list
“Now hear another hadith — whoever adopts modesty, God elevates him”
2 min 13 sec
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Umar Farooq chasing a lost camel and his famous humility line
“In that era a camel from the public treasury went missing”
3 min 54 sec
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Umar Farooq's wisdom that life only offers a choice of lesser evils
“Umar Farooq once said something amazing about the wise man”
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arrogance closes the mind, modesty opens it
“Arrogance closes the windows of the mind, modesty opens them”
2 min 23 sec
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modern culture that treats criticism as taboo, blocking learning
“I heard a program on the radio once”
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pride exposed as just another word for arrogance
“Pride is just another name for arrogance”
1 min 18 sec
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businessman analogy for why modesty builds a loving society
“Take a businessman — he has to build good relations with everyone”
4 min 58 sec
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Satan's rebellion explains why arrogance leads to hell, modesty to paradise
“This is not a mysterious matter — you can understand it by thinking”
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defining arrogance as a self-made superiority complex
“A superiority complex — that's the name of arrogance”
1 min 46 sec
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closing thesis: how you treat people is how you treat God
“Remember, arrogance and modesty are both crucial for man”