The Arrogant are Blind to the Signs
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Abu al-Qasim ‘Abd al-Karim ibn Huzan al-Qushayri ( r.a. ) recorded, in his Risalah al-Qushayriyyah , that he heard from Imam Abu ‘Abd ar-Rahman Muhammad ibn al-Husayn as-Sulami ( q.s. ) say, that he heard Shaykh Abu al-Husayn al-Farisi ( r.a. ) say, that he heard Shaykh al-Jurayri ( q.s. ) say, “When the nafs prevails over someone, he will become a captive of his lustful urges, imprisoned in the jail of passions. Allah ( s.w.t. ) will then Deprive his heart of spiritual knowledge, and he will be able neither to enjoy the Words of Allah ( s.w.t. ), nor to find pleasure in them, even though he may repeat them constantly with his tongue. For Allah ( s.w.t. ) Says, ‘I shall Turn away from My Signs those who walks proud in the earth unjustly.’” سُوۡرَةُ الاٴعرَاف سَأَصۡرِفُ عَنۡ ءَايَـٰتِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بِغَيۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ ڪُلَّ ءَايَةٍ۬ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِہَا وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ س...