Written transcript of the lecture
The Meshkat-e Noor teachings seriesThe Twentieth Supplication of the *Sahifa Sajjadiyya* is a mirror of our virtues and flaws, a vast observatory that reveals the depths of our inner being.
Let us examine and heal ourselves through the Twentieth Supplication of the *Sahifa Sajjadiyya*.
We must write our own book of personal ethics.
The Twentieth Supplication of the *Sahifa Sajjadiyya* is an all-encompassing remedy.
The Twentieth Supplication of the *Sahifa Sajjadiyya* reveals the highest and finest horizons of my being: how high I can fly, and how low I might fall.
The Twentieth Supplication of the *Sahifa Sajjadiyya* contains every virtue.
O God, do not test us with pride. Pride is one of the afflictions we must fear day and night.
Even the slightest pride may bring a person down.
O God, make me Your own (that is, attach me to Yourself).
You Yourself, make me Your own.
Whoever disavows three things will attain three things!
Whoever disavows evil will attain honour.
The weight of pride brought Iblis down.
Whoever flees the test of pride has already won.
Pride is God’s own mantle; whoever wears it lays claim to divinity.
Let us take care not to nurture pride in others.
Whoever befriends people devoted to worldly life enters the club of pride.
To indulge in wishful thinking is to practise pride.
Keeping company with the proud makes a person proud.
Let us practise humility so that we may join the club of the humble.
The closer we draw to humility, the higher we rise.
To enter the realm of pride is to enter the realm of associating partners with God.
There are different kinds of pride: overt and hidden.
Hidden idolatry is like an ant crawling across a black stone on a dark night.
Pride drives a person toward associating partners with God.
The reach of pride extends across the whole world of created beings.
How can we plant the seeds of love? How can we become beloved by others?
Whoever disavows pride will attain nobility.
What did Moses do that God says of him in the Qur’an, “I fashioned you for Myself”?
O God, in the realm of love, You have surpassed all lovers.
How can we enter the gateway to divine love?
A pledge of allegiance to noble virtues.
O God, choose me for Yourself.
