Prohibition of pride and arrogance

[Saif ul Haq]

"And turn not your face away from men with pride, nor walk in insolence (marah) through the earth. Verily, Allaah likes not any arrogant boaster.

And be moderate in your walking, and lower your voice. Verily, the harshest of all voices is the braying of the asses" [31:18-19]


"nor walk in insolence through the earth" is prohibiting to be arrogant and commanding us with humility.


"Marah" means excessive joy, or it was said that it means being arrogant in walking, or thinking too highly of oneself

[Tafsir al-Qurtubi]

[Saif ul Haq]

Defining pride can be subjective. Many here even consider uniting with our Pashtun brothers as Haram.

We were not created into nations and tribes to unite with our own kind, rather, we were created to mix and get to know one another

No one has the free-will of choosing where they are born or to what race and culture. So it would be unfair and illogical to pride oneself of being part of a particular breed

Uniting upon common conviction is more suitable