Pride (Khibr) : A Barrier to Paradise
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Before the creation of mankind, when Allah (S.W.T.) decided to create Adam (The origin of Mankind): He revealed to His angels that He is going to create mankind.
Allah the Almighty revealed: And (remember) when your Lord said to the
angels: "Verily, I am going to place (mankind) generations after
generations on earth." They said: 'Will You place therein those who will
make mischief therein and shed blood, - while we glorify You with praises and
thanks (Exalted be You above all that they associate with You as partners) and
sanctify You." He (Allah) said: "I know that which you do not know."
Surah 2: 30.
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When the time drew near to breathe the spirit into Adam, as Allah the Almighty decreed, He commanded the angels:
'When I breathe My spirit into him prostrate before him." Allah breathed His spirit into Adam and when it reached his head Adam sneezed. The angels said: "Say all praise belongs to Allah." Adam repeated: "All praise belongs to Allah." Allah said to him: "Your Lord has granted you mercy." When the spirit reached his eyes, Adam looked at the fruits of Paradise . When it reached his abdomen Adam felt an appetite for food. He jumped hurriedly before the spirit could reach his legs, so that he could eat from the fruits of Paradise . Allah, therefore, said: Man is created of haste. Surah 21: 37
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And He taught Adam all the names (of everything), then He showed them to the angels and said: "Tell me the names of these if you are truthful. "They (angels) said: "Glory be to You, we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Verily, it is You, the All-Knower, the All-Wise."
He said: "O Adam! Inform the of their names, "and when he had informed them of their names, He said: "Did I not tell you that I know the Ghaib (unseen) in the heavens and the earth, and I know what you reveal and what you have been concealing?"
And (remember) when We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourselves before Adam." And they prostrated except Iblis, he refused and was proud and was one of the disbelievers (disobedient to Allah)."Surah 2:31-34.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Allah) said: 'what prevented you (O Iblis) that you do not prostrate, when I command you?"
(Iblis) said: "I am better that him (Adam), You created me from fire, and him you created from clay."
(Allah) said: "O Iblis, get down from this (Paradise), it is not for you to be arrogant here. Get out, for you are of those humiliated and disgraced." Surah 7:11-13
(Iblis) said: "Allow me respite till the Day they are raised up (i.e. The Day of Resurrection)."
(Allah) said: "You are of those allowed respite."
(Iblis) said: "Because You have sent me astray, surely I will sit in wait against them (human beings) on Your Straight path. Then I will come to them from before them and behind them, from their right and from their left, and You will not find most of them as thankful ones (i.e. they will not be dutiful to You)."
(Allah) said: (to Iblis): "Get out from this (Paradise) disgraced and expelled. Whoever of them (mankind) will follow you, then surely I will fill Hell with you all." Surah 7:1418
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This means
that Iblis tried to compare himself to Adam. He believed that he was more
honorable than Adam. Therefore, he abstained from prostrating, even though
Allah had commanded him to do so, just as He had commanded the angels. If an
analogy is made, we see that Iblis is vain. For indeed, clay is better than
fire because in it can be found the qualities of calmness, clemency,
perseverance, and growth; whereas in fire can be found heedlessness,
insignificance, haste, and incineration.
Iblis tried
in vain to justify his refusal: "Shall I prostrate to one whom You created
from clay?" (Iblis) said: "See? This one whom You have honored above
me, if You give me respite (keep me alive) to the Day of Resurrection, I will
surely seize and mislead his offspring (by sending them astray) all but a
few!" Surah 17: 62
Allah knew
that Iblis was not going to obey Him in prostrating before Adam. Allah could
have totally annihilated him or turned him into a handful of dust or stifled
the refusal in his mouth. Yet, Allah gives His commissioned creatures absolute
freedom even to the extent that they can refuse Allah the Almighty's commands.
He grants them the freedom of denial, disobedience, and even disagreement with
Him.
His kingdom
will not diminish if the disbelievers do not believe in Him, nor will it be
extended if many people believe in Him. On the contrary, the disbelievers will
lose, and the believers will gain, but Allah is above all of that.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Almighty Allah says: "That abode of the Next World: We grant it to those who do not seek to exalt themselves in the earth or to cause corruption in it. The successful outcome is for the god-fearing," (28:83)
And the Almighty says,"Do not strut arrogantly about the earth." (1737)
The Almighty says,"Do not avert your face from people out of haughtiness and do not strut about arrogantly on the earth, Allah does not love anyone who is vain of boastful," (W31:17; H31:18)
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "No one who has an atom's weight of pride in his heart will enter the garden."A man said,"And if the man likes his clothes to be good and his sandals to be good?" He said,"Allah is Beautiful and loves beauty. Pride means to renounce the truth and abase people." (Muslim)
Allah (S.W.T.) inform us that the Hell fire is the abode of those who have khibr (pride and arrogance). and we learn from the above hadith that whoever has an atoms worth of khibr (pride) in his heart will not enter Paradise. So this is a proof that khibr (pride) necessitates entry to Hell fire and prevents entry into Paradise. And this comprehensive explanation that the Prophet mentioned has clarified the meaning of khibr(pride) in the clearest possible manner. So he divided khibr (pride) into two types:1) Pride Against the Truth:This is to reject the truth and not to accept it. Anyone who rejects the truth is proud and arrogant in accordance with what he rejects of the truth. 2) Pride towards people:This type of pride is to despise the people and to look down upon them. This attitude arises when a person is amazed with his own self, thinks that he is better that others. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In conclusion, Iblis has been doing the best he can to destroy everyone's faith, only those who has strong faith in Allah will survive and gain the bounty (Paradise) of Allah. May Allah (S.W.T.) Guide us to the right path.
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