Are You Humble Or Arrogant

Summary: A Litmus Test - Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan - Are You Humble Or Arrogant? Are You Humble or Arrogant? A Litmus Test - Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan Allah (Azzawajal) honoured all children of Adam (AS): Wa laqad karamna bani Adam We honored all children of Adam. Who are you to look down at other human beings? Allah (Azzawajal) says the people that are special to Allah (Azzawajal); they have humility when they walk: Yamshoona AAala al-ardi hawna (Surat al-Furqan: 63) But then how do you know if you are humble? How can you check? Is there a litmus test? Yes, there is a test. And Allah (Azzawajal) gives us the test in the Ayah. If you are asking yourself, and I am asking myself: “Am I humble, or am I arrogant?” How would I know? Well here is the test: Wa Iza Khataba humul jahiloona, qaloo salaman When people who have no control over their emotions talk to them, when idiots talk to them; when obnoxious people talk to them; when arrogant people talk to them; when ignorant people talk to them; when angry people talk to them; when insulting people, disrespectful people talk to them…when somebody insults you, it hurts. When somebody talks to you badly, it hurts. But Allah (Azzawajal) calls all those people Jahiloon. Jahil actually in Arabic means the opposite of Akhil. Jahil means someone who has no control over their emotions. A bad word comes into their mind and it comes out of their mouths. They don’t think about it. So you are driving in the streets of Qatar, and some guy cuts you off, and you honk your horn, and he stops his car. And he gets out of his car and he “….” at you! And you are like, “Oh yeah? I’m going to show you.” And you start responding back… But wait…wait…wait! Wa Iza Khataba humul jahiloona, qaloo salama “Hey Salaam man. Assalaam u Alaikum! Okay, sorry! You are right; I’m wrong. Go. Go” You have to learn to do that. And if you can’t do that, then you are disqualified from category number one. If you want to be in category in number one and you will. Allah (Azzawajal) does not say, if you see ignorant people talking to you, or if obnoxious people address you. Allah (Azzawajal) says when. I talked to you about the difference between if and when yesterday. When means it will happen; if means it might happen. Allah says that there is no possibility or percentage it might happen to you or it might not happen to you. It will happen to you. It happens to me all the time. I was at a masjid - not over here in America. I was at a masjid talking to some board members about a program I wanted to do. A brother walked in and heard I wanted to teach Arabic (he was an Arab fellow or Egyptian fellow, and he heard I wanted to teach Arabic). And he’s like, “You, teach Arabic?” I was like, “Yeah, a little bit.” And he said, “Where are you from?” I said, “Pakistan.” And he said “Oh Yeah… “ And he took out a napkin and said, ”Write the alphabet for me.” So I wrote down the English alphabet for him. And he said “You see! You don’t know Arabic.” I was like “Yeah, you are right; I’m sorry.” And then he started teaching me the alphabet for thirty minutes. I sat there and learned the alphabet with him. And then he had to go and left. And that night, at the same masjid, they asked me to give a lecture on “The Importance of Learning Arabic.” If you go on YouTube and search ”How to learn Arabic” and “Why learn Arabic”/Why Study Arabic?” That lecture was at that Masjid and that guy was in the first row smiling at me the whole time. But he comes to me and says “You Pakistani, you are going to teach Arabic?”

Are You Humble Or Arrogant

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