family member again.’ Then the angel took his soul, and he fell like a piece of wood. (Lu-Bab Ul-Ihya`, p. 344)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Destructions of pride

Dear Islamic brothers! From the aforementioned account, we learn that:

*   Pride and arrogance are from Satan

*   The one who is afflicted by pride and arrogance considers himself to be of importance whilst he looks down upon others

*   The one who has pride and arrogance considers it an insult to himself to reply to the Salam of those who are lower in status than him

*   The one who is afflicted by pride and arrogance greatly fears death and dying, in fact, he fears even the mere mention of death

*   After being afflicted by pride and arrogance, a person only worries about bettering his worldly life, whilst remaining heedless of preparing for the grave and hereafter

*   The one who has pride and arrogance faces immense shame at the time of death

*   The one who is afflicted by pride and arrogance does not receive even the smallest amount of respite at the time of death

*   The one who is affected by pride and arrogance does not have the opportunity to repent at the time of death.

Thus, if pride has so many destructions and its consequences are so grave then we ought to save ourselves from this destructive calamity and save others from it also. معاذَاللہ, if anyone is afflicted by this disease, he should separate himself from it at once, he should also make sincere repentance in the court of Allah Almighty for the time that he remained involved in it, and in order to save himself from it in the future, he should acquire knowledge regarding pride too, for gaining knowledge regarding pride is from the most