Positive Pride in Islam: Do you want Honor, Power and Glory in this World and in the Hereafter?

Verily, then to Allah belongs all honour, power and glory. Noble Qur'an (4:139)
Therefore, whoever desires (Al-Izzah) honor, power and glory in this
world and the next, let him be obedient towards Allah (SWT).
Imam Ali (as) says, that he is proud that Allah (SWT) is his lord and
that he is Allah's servant.
As Muslims we are proud of our identity, heritage and tradition.
Because we Muslims take pride in keeping our homes, gardens clean, our
places of worship appealing both to the young and old. We Muslims take
pride in respecting parents, elders, assisting neighbors, helping poor
by giving charity. We Muslim Women take pride in observing Hijab
(Islamic dress).
"Pride, the result of not remembering our status in relationship to
our Creator, can take various forms. In each of these it is an attempt
to be god."
The main push behind pride and prejudice is nothing other than the
human being thinking himself to be "god" and that he feels he is
better than others; however, if we keep the relationship between
ourselves and our Creator in mind, and that He is the only one
"entitled" to 'pride', then we bring ourselves back "down to earth"
and appreciate that we are all from the same source, and that even
though we have differences mostly based on incidental issues, the only
source of being "better" than one another (which too cannot be fully
judged) is our awareness, consciousness, and acceptance of God and all
that He gives to us.
Imam Ali (as) says: I wonder at the arrogance of a haughty and vain
person. Yesterday he was only a drop of semen and tomorrow he will
turn into a corpse. Also, it is astonishing if son of Adam is proud,
when his beginning is a sperm and his end is a decaying corpse (dead
body).
The arrogant and proud should recognize and realize his reality: his
origin is a dirty sperm and his end is stinky carrion. Between these
two, man is weak and feeble. Hunger and thirst exhaust him, ailment
and sickness overcome him, poverty and harm afflict him, and death and
wear will inevitably befall him. Man cannot provide benefits and
cannot save himself from misfortunes.
Overconfidence is a bad thing:
Confidence is a great thing. It allows us to get past our doubts and
take action. So why is slightly too much of it so bad? Take a look at
the example of Azazeel.
His name was Azazeel. He is also known as Iblees. He used to pray a
lot and even used to give lectures to the angels. One day there was a
notice in the heavens which said that someone was going to be ordered
out of the heavens. All the angels were worried because they thought
it might be one of them. They all went to Jibreel (Gabriel) who was
one of the most important angels to ask him, whether he could do
anything. Jibreel (Gabriel) said he too was worried because it might
be himself. Jibreel (Gabriel) suggested that they go to Azazeel
because he was very clever.
Azazeel told them not to worry at all, he would pray to Allah (SWT)
for all of them. He forgot himself thinking he was the best and it
could never be him. As a result of overconfidence, he became the
cursed Satan and he was ordered out of heaven.
Imam Moosa Kazim (as)says: "O Son! Don't delay in offering your
prayers. Nor should you be overconfident of the acceptance of your
prayers and feel proud of your efforts at piety. We cannot offer
prayers and obedience to Allah commensurate with His Blessings."
Summary, as human beings and believers, we need to ensure that we do
not repeat the sin which resulted in the fall of Satan - we need to
treat all of the children of Adam as human beings and not be
judgmental of things such as skin color, tribal affiliations,
language, place of birth, economic worth, social status, or even
religion, as these are all merely ways for us to "know the another"
rather than being means of shunning one another. After all, did Imam
Ali (as) not say that, "People are of two types - they are either your
brothers in faith or your equals in humanity."

Takabbur in Islam: Pride in Islam, Arrogance - Kibr is a barrier to Paradise

A proud and arrogant person regards himself better and superior to
others and by assuming vain and wishful thoughts in his mind, adopts
the conduct of Shaitan (Satan) who said: "I have been created of fire
while Adam has been created of earth and fire possesses superiority
over earth." The first sin to have been committed in the world of
creation was arrogance on the part of Shaitan (Satan).
This pride and prejudice on the part of Satan is what caused his
downfall - and has the potential to affect each and every one of us.
Satan felt that his physical makeup of 'smoke-less fire' was of a
loftier composition, and that being made of fire, he had the potential
and was naturally inclined to 'ascend' (just as fire does), whereas
the makeup of Adam was of 'earth', a heavier compound, and that his
natural inclination was to the base, lower desires, and to clinging to
the 'earth'.
Thus, as for it being a vice, there can be no doubt or skepticism.
Proud and arrogant individuals look down upon others and anticipate
others to greet them and exhibit respect and deference towards them,
always nurturing aspects of their superiority and greatness within
their minds. This "puffed up" feeling which imparts a sense of "touch
me not" is called pride (Kibr/Takabbur).
The condition of conceit and of one who considers himself to be
greater than others, so long as it stays inwardly and has no outward
manifestation, it is pride. If it gets out through the senses, it is
called arrogance.
Arrogance is one of the consequences of vanity and self-conceit. When
an individual thinks too highly of himself, it is self-conceit; and
when he tends, moreover, to consider others as inferior to himself,
that is arrogance. In contrast to these states, when one thinks of
himself as small and insignificant, that is called modesty; and when,
in addition to this, he considers others as superior to himself, that
is called humility. In any case, arrogance is one of the most fatal of
moral vices. This is so because arrogance is a thick veil which hides
one's shortcomings from his own view, and thus prevents him from
removing them and attaining perfection.
Arrogance is a mental state causing self-admiration and haughtiness
against others in words or deeds. It is censured and dispraised in
many texts in Noble Qur'anand Sunnah:
Truly Allah knows what they hide and what they manifest; surely He
does not love the proud. Noble Qur'an (16:23)
Holy Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (saw) says: "He who has in his heart
as much faith as a grain of mustard seed will not enter hell, and he
who has in his heart as much pride as a grain of mustard seed will not
enter paradise." Hence, Pride (Kibr/Takabbur) is a barrier to
Paradise.
A proud man will not tolerate any other to be on equal terms with
himself. In private and in public he expects that all should assume a
respectful attitude towards him and, acknowledging his superiority,
treat him as a higher being. They should greet him first; make way for
him wherever he walks; when he speaks everyone should listen to him
and never try to oppose him. He is a genius and people are like asses.
They should be grateful to him, seeing that he is so condescending.
Virtues are the doors of Paradise, but pride and self-esteem lock them
all. So long as man feels elated he will not like for others what he
likes for himself. His self-esteem will deprive him of humility, which
is the essence of righteousness. He will neither be able to discard
enmity and envy, resentment and wrath, slander and scorn, nor will he
be able to cultivate truth and sincerity, and calmly listen to any
advice. In short, there is no evil which a proud man will not
inevitably do in order to preserve his elation and self-esteem.
Being proud about ones own piety is a major sin. This pride can make
all the prayers and supplications void. If a person understands the
Greatness of Allah (SWT), then he will not be proud and vain at his
exertions at prayer. The endowments of the munificent Allah (SWT) are
so great that it is impossible to count His Blessings.
Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (as)who cites Holy Prophet of Islam, Muhammad
(saw) in a tradition in which Hazrat Musa (Moses) son of Imranasks
Satan. "Tell me about the sin which, when a son of Adam commits, you
overtake him." Satan replied, "It is when he is proud of himself,
thinks too much of his good deeds and his sin looks small in his
eyes." It is known that when Satan overtakes someone, the result will
be more sinning.
Imam Ali Reza (as)says that a pious person from Bani Israel offered
intense prayers for forty years. Then he offered a sacrifice to Allah
(SWT) that was not accepted. The person was disconsolate with sadness
for his failure. He cursed his psyche blaming it for his failure. He
received a Revelation that blaming his psyche and accepting the
shortcomings pleased Allah (SWT) more than the prayers spread over the
long period of forty years. For this reason Allah (SWT) accepted his
long years of penance.
Imam Mohammed Baqir (as)says that two persons entered the mosque. One
was pious and the other a transgressor. When they emerged from the
mosque after the prayer, the transgressor was pious and the person
with piety had turned a transgressor. The reason was that the pious
person came out of the mosque with pride at his piety and the
transgressor was penitent at his past misdeeds.
Imam Ali (as)says: "The sin that makes you sad and repentant is more
liked by Allah (SWT) than the good deed which turns you arrogant."

How big can the floating objects be on the space?

Let's get the answer by starting with a journey from the moon: a
celestial body which can be regarded as fairly big:
The Moon...
Mercury...
Mars...
Venus...
Earth... We live here
Neptune
Saturn
Jupiter
The Sun... Our star
Sirius A
Pollux… An Orange Giant
Archturus... A Red Giant
Aldebaran… A Red Giant
Ragil… A Blue Super Giant
Pistol Star… A Blue Hyper Giant
Antares A… A Red Super Giant
Mu Cephei… A Red Supergiant
VY Canis Majoris... A Red HyperGiant: known as the biggest star
The Size Of the Earth is 12,756 km.
This star is 1,975,000,000 km in diameter.
How can you imagine this size on your mind?
Imagine an airliner which goes with 900 km per hour and flying
around this star.
Just one circuit of an airliner around this star would last exactly
1,100 years.
The size of the star on a picture which shows our galaxy is only as
big as a spot on a piece of paper.
And our galaxy ... would be seen only as big as a spot in the
vastness of the universe.
"Assuredly the creation of the heavens and the earth is a greater
(matter) than the creation of men: Yet most men understand not."
(Surah Al-Ghafir, 57)

The devotion of the poison arrow frog

Living beings show great compassion to their babies which are
wholly defenseless and unaware of the dangers around them. One of
these living beings live in the rainforests of the Amazon River
basin. It is the poison arrow frog.
The mother frog leaves the babies that she gave birth to in a
puddle. However, this puddle is both insuffcient and unsafe for the
eggs that will grow up.The mother frog should move her tadpoles to a
more convenient place as soon as possible. The journey starts with
the tadpole to be moved on its mothers back. But, where will they
go? A lakeshore or a riverbank are not suitable places. The place
where the mother will bring the tadpoles is quite surprising; the
place that they will go is a place in the top of the forests.
The upward journey of the poisonous arrow frog is equal to a
person's climbing the Empire State Building, which is one of the
tallest buildings of the world, while carrying a baby on our back.
When the poison arrow frog reaches a plant called the bromelyad
which also lives in the highest places of the forest, the posinon
arrow frog leaves her tadpoles into a tiny pool there. The tadpoles
will be safer here. However, the mother frog has to carry out this
difficult journey for the rest of the radpoles too. In the end, 6
of the tadpoles were moved to the top of the tree and they are
saved.
But there is another problem for the mother frog;
There is no food in the pool for the tadpoles. In order to provide
food, the mother frog leaves a clutch of unfertilized eggs in the
pool, for the nutrition of the tradpoles.
Yet, just one egg is not enough for the growth of the tadpoles.
That's why the mother frog frequently visits her tradpoles and
leaves more eggs for their sustenance.
In order to take care of her tadpoles, the mother frog climbs the
tree many times, nearly 800 meters every single day, over the
course of two weeks.
To protect her tadpoles, the mother frog risks all kinds of dangers
and difficulties, and sometimes sacrifices her life to protect her
tadpoles as well. As it is seen, living beings are not in a system
where only the strongest survive and the weaks are swept away as
the Darwinists claim but rather they are Created with the behaviors
of compassion, mercy and devotion; this sweeps away the theory of
evolution and proves the fact of Creation, for only our Lord,
Almighty Allah, could endow a humble frog with these behaviors and
inspire it to such great endeavors.