2. Arrogance

This sin is very dangerous and it is the cause of Allah’s Wrath on His worse creation – iblees. This sin is what caused iblees to go from the high level and rank to being the lowest. Iblees had the “I am better than him” attitude.

This sin is so dangerous that RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says “whoever has the equivalent of even a small grain of arrogance in his heart will not even smell paradise.” If even the amount of a dharra (an atom) of arrogance could get in the heart, that person will not even smell paradise. He won’t even get close, never mind get in.

RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said that on the day of judgment, the arrogant will be assembled on the day of judgment in the forms of men, but in the sizes of ants; humiliation will come to them from every direction. Dharr are the ants that are very small. They will be stepped on by everyone. People will be running on the Day of Judgment and stepping on it.

Whoever has arrogance is actually lying. Why? Because as a creation, we are humble. Allah is the One who gives us value. Otherwise, we would be worthless. Allah says: “Has there not been over man a period of time, when he was nothing to be mentioned?” (76:1) Whenever we are arrogant, we are claiming something that doesn’t belong to us. That is why it’s a lie. This lie will be exposed on the Day of Judgment, and Allah will bring them in the form that they deserve.

RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said that the most belittled and humiliated name on the day of judgment is the name of a man, who called himself in al-dunya, “the king of kings.” Allahu ‘Alam who this refers to, but there was a time in Persia when the king would call himself Shan an-Shah, which means the king of kings. On the Day of Judgment, this king will come in the form of an ant.