المُتَكَبِّرُ An Arrogant Person

9ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): أمقَتُ النّاسِ المُتَكبِّرُ .

9– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The most hateful of people are the arrogant.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 331, no. 23]

 

10ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إنَّ أبعَدَكُم يَومَ القِيامَةِ مِنّي الثَّرثارُونَ، وهُمُ المُستَكبِرُونَ .

10– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The most distanced of you from me on the Day of Judgment will be the braggers, who are the arrogant.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 232, no. 25]

 

11ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): عَجِبتُ لابنِ آدمَ ؛ أوَّلُهُ نُطفَةٌ وآخِرُهُ جِيفَةٌ، وهو قائمٌ بينَهُما وِعاءٌ للغائطِ، ثُمّ يَتَكبَّرُ!

11– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘How man surprises me! His origin is a sperm and his end is a carcass, and between these two he is a vessel for excrement, and he is still arrogant!’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 234, no. 33]

 

12ـ رسولُ اللهِ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ما تَكَبَّرَ إلّا وَضيعٌ.

12– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Only he who is vile is arrogant.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no 9467]

 

13ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ما مِن رَجُلٍ تَكَبَّرَ أو تَجَبَّرَ إلا لِذِلَّةٍ وَجَدَها في نفسِهِ.

13– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘A person is arrogant or tyrannical only as a result of a [source of] disgrace he has in himself.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 312, no. 17]