The Many Dimensions of Humility

🌼 Supplication 20 of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya
🌼 وَ لَا تَرْفَعْنِي فِي النَّاسِ دَرَجَةً إِلَّا حَطَطْتَنِي عِنْدَ نَفْسِي مِثْلَهَا ، وَ لَا تُحْدِثْ لِي عِزّاً ظَاهِراً إِلَّا أَحْدَثْتَ لِي ذِلَّةً بَاطِنَةً عِنْدَ نَفْسِي بِقَدَرِهَا
🌼 O God, whenever You grant me honour and distinction, do not bring that honour about without creating an equal measure of humility within my soul.
🌼 Ramadan: a month for practising humility and servitude
🌼 To transform the dust of our being into the heavens, we need humility.
🌼 Humility must be evident in every aspect of our lives.
🌼 Humility before others, humility before ourselves, and humility before God
🌼 Humility before God means becoming wholly obedient to Him.
🌼 The eye that grows humble will become a divine eye; the ear equipped with humility will become an ear attuned to God’s command. But if the heart attains perfect humility, every limb and faculty will be imbued with it.
🌼 If we wed ourselves to humility, God will unite us with all of existence!
🌼 When we practise humility in our clothing, God will adorn us with the garment of piety.
🌼 Humility in our mounts will lead God to set us riding upon heavenly steeds.
🌼 (Hadith) The Noble Messenger asks, “Why do I not see in you the sweetness of worship and servitude?” He is asked, “What is the sweetness of servitude?” He replies, “Humility.”
🌼 (Hadith) The Kazim of the Family of Muhammad says, “God does not raise the humble only to the degree of their humility; He raises them according to His own limitless greatness.”
Those who live in fear do not find peace in proportion to their fear; God grants them peace according to His own generosity and grace.
God grants joy to those who grieve—that is, those distressed by their sins—in keeping with His own compassion and mercy, which encompass all things.
🌼 The earth humbly settled upon the water and spread out; through its humility, the earth attained such beauty.
🌼 What, then, will God grant a human being who is humble?
🌼 (Hadith) The Noble Messenger says, “When God wills good for a servant, He causes him to forget his own virtues and keeps his faults before his eyes. He also makes companionship with those who turn away from the remembrance of God repugnant to him.”
🌼 Our virtues must not become a veil to our progress; they must not prevent us from overcoming our flaws.
🌼 There are five kinds of modesty: modesty on account of sin, modesty on account of shortcomings, modesty born of noble character, modesty born of love, and modesty before the majesty of God.
🌼 Everything that is created has a connection to God, and the greatness of all things comes from their connection to Him.
🌼 On the Day of Resurrection, we will be gathered with all living creatures. Every being has entered this world in a different form to fulfil a particular mission.