Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (1226) | The balance of pride and humiliation
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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The standard of honor and humiliation.
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This is derived from the preceding standard.
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For the honorable person, according to the divine standard,
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is the believer who affirms the oneness of Allah.
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He is liberated from the shackles of servitude to anyone other than Allah.
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The humiliated person is the opposite of this.
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He is the one who has debased his own soul,
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and has been enslaved by the worldly life and its idols.
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This is the humiliated person in the sight of Allah, the Exalted.
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He, the Glorified, says:
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“They say: Surely, if we return to Al-Madinah the mightier will soon drive out the weaker; when might belongeth to Allah and to His messenger and to the believers; but the hypocrites know not.” (63:8)
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“They say: Surely, if we return to Al-Madinah the mightier will soon drive out the weaker; when might belongeth to Allah and to His messenger and to the believers; but the hypocrites know not.” (63:8)
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And He, the Glorified, says:
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"Do they seek honor with them?"
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“Those who chose disbelievers for their friends instead of believers! Do they look for power at their hands? Lo! all power appertaineth to Allah.” (4:139)
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And He, the Glorified, says:
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"And they have taken gods besides Allah,
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that they may be a source of honor for them."
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“Nay, but they will deny their worship of them, and become opponents unto them.” (19:82)
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And He says, to console the believers after the defeat at Uhud:
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“Faint not nor grieve, for ye will overcome them if ye are (indeed) believers.” (3:139)
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"If you are indeed believers."
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And in the Qunut supplication:
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"And he whom You befriend is never humiliated,
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and he whom You oppose is never honored."
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A servant possesses honor and dignity
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in proportion to the faith he holds.
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The honor of the believer makes him, as the Glorified says,
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in describing His devoted allies:
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"Humble toward the believers,
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stern toward the disbelievers."