Subject: [Masjid Tucson] Submission weekly reminder

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Peace be upon you,

Kill Your Ego*
[Quran 2:54] Recall that Moses said to his people, "O my people, you have wronged your souls by worshiping the calf. You must repent to your Creator. You shall kill your egos. This is better for you in the sight of your Creator." He did redeem you. He is the Redeemer, Most Merciful.
*2:54 It is the ego that led to Satan's fall. It is the ego that caused our exile to this world, and it is the ego that is keeping most of us from redemption to God's Kingdom.

[Quran 32:15] The only people who truly believe in our revelations are those who fall prostrate upon hearing them. They glorify and praise their Lord, without any arrogance.


One of the first commandments in the Quran is to kill our ego. Arrogance is not welcome in God's kingdom (Quran 7:13, 7:40, etc.). It is consistently associated in the Quran with rejecting God's revelations (Quran 6:93, 7:40, 7:75-6, 10:75, 41:15, etc.). In contrast, true Submitters prostrate to God without arrogance (Quran 16:49). They glorify and praise God without arrogance (Quran 32:15).


May God help us kill our egos and submit ourselves humbly to Him alone.

References:
Ego, http://www.masjidtucson.org/submission/perspectives/more/traits/ego.html
Invited to Fall Prostrate, http://www.masjidtucson.org/publications/books/sp/2016/nov/page1.html


Peace.