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The Model of Moral Virtues of Imam Hussein Manifested… K. F. Mustafa et al (47


                     In  these  words,  the  Master  of          faithful, but the hypocrites do not know”
                  Martyrs  reflects  the  true  meaning  of      (The Quran, 63: 8).
                  pride  and  its  orientation  in  His             The hypocrites made a mistake and
                  personality,  according  to  what  His         their  eyes  deviated  from  the  truth  in
                  grandfather,    Prophet     Muhammed           distinguishing  the  more  honorable
                  expressed  when  He  said,  “Whoever           from  the  meaner,  thinking  that  they
                  begins a new day from my community             were  the  most  honorable,  not  the
                  with a concern other than Allah is not         Muslims,  so  that  the  Almighty  God
                  from Allah, and whoever does not care          answered  them  saying,  “And  Glory

                  about the affairs of the believers is not      belongs to God and His Messenger and
                  one  of  them,  and  whoever  willingly        the believers” (The Quran, 63: 8).
                  submits to humiliation is not one of us,           Glory  belongs  to  God  all  together.
                  the people of the household” (Majlisī,         The Glory of the Truth is intrinsic and
                  1983, Vol. 74, p. 162).                        essential,  while  the  glory  of  the
                     Imam Hussein gained His honor and           Messenger and the believers is obtained
                  splendor  from  the  Mighty,  the              as  His  blessing.  Therefore,  attaining
                  Victorious and Unconquerable Essence           divine glory must be through true faith,

                  who  possesses  supreme  power  and            which  gives  its  followers  a  glory  that
                  knowledge beyond comprehension and             does  not  fade  in  this  world  and  the
                  understanding.  The  One  who  is              hereafter. Accordingly, there is no glory
                  unparalleled and unknown in terms of           except in obedience to God, and there is
                  His Reality and Essence. The One who           no humiliation except in disobedience to
                  has absolute glory, for whom there is          Him, otherwise, there is no basis for it
                  great need, is difficult to attain, and can    (Qushayrī, 1992, Vol. 3, p. 590; Mustafa
                  only be reached through Him (Qūnawī,           et al, 2021, pp. 53-74).
                  2008, p. 153).                                    Thus, God Almighty has explained the
                     When  one  is  captivated  by  the          origin and source of glory, which is the
                  magnificence of  the  Divine  Glory  and       Divine  Will,  indicating  that  by  saying,

                  encompassed  by  His  sovereign  rule,         “Those who take the faithless for allies
                  similar to Imam Hussein, they disregard        instead of the faithful. Do they seek honor
                  all  other  beings  and  acknowledge  no       with  them?  [If  so,]  indeed  all  honor
                  authority  greater  than  their  Creator.      belongs to Allah (The Quran, 4: 139).
                  Allah points out that might to whom it            In other words, do not seek glory or
                  truly  belongs.  They  say,  “When  we         recognition  from  the  world  and  its
                  return to the city, the mighty will surely     inhabitants,  as  those  lacking  in

                  expel the abased from it. Yet all might        something will not be able to give it.
                  belong to Allah and His Apostle, and the       Instead, ask for it from God Almighty,
                                                                 whose  treasures  are  abundant  with
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