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Kibr — the sin that sent Iblis out of Paradise.

On arrogance, conceit, and self-delusion — the sins al-Ghazali called "the destructives" and the remedies the scholars prescribed for them.

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From the Pen of

Imam al-Ghazali

31 passages
  1. "bad character, arrogance, vanity, pride, boasting, obscenity, vulgarity, malice, envy, omens,"

  2. "are of one race. True pride lies in virtues, and boasting, vanity, and pride are the greatest"

  3. "Arrogance and its Danger, The People over Whom One Shows Arrogance, The Degrees of Arrogance,"

  4. "Conceit results in internal arrogance, which produces overt displays of arrogance in deeds,"

  5. "by conceit or contempt. When one is called arrogant for imitating arrogant actions, it"

  6. "Arrogance requires someone to be arrogant towards and something to be arrogant with,"

  7. "as the domination of desire, anger, stinginess, pride, vanity, hypocrisy, ill-thinking, negligence,"

  8. "with prohibited horses, mounts, and clothes, despising people with pride and vanity, discussing"

  9. "mimicry, stemming from arrogance and vanity. The eighth reason is mockery and ridiculing out of"

  10. "of stability. Bad qualities like anger, desire, resentment, envy, arrogance, vanity, and their"

  11. "The inclination towards divine traits includes arrogance, pride, forcefulness, love of praise,"

  12. "of pride and vanity. And a book on the dangers of delusion. By addressing these destructive"

  13. "This indicates that arrogance and pride provoke anger and prevent forbearance and leniency."

  14. "When seeking wealth and status, pride, vanity, and the longing for leadership arise within"

  15. "their opposites. It is important to quell arrogance through humility and eliminate vanity"

  16. "When signs of arrogance and the pursuit of status appear, they claim it is not arrogance"

  17. "towards means of pride and multiplication, lest they be recorded among the arrogant and"

  18. "deeds, freeing their heart from attachment. If arrogance and pride dominate the seeker,"

  19. "to control anger and what causes it? Jesus said, Arrogance, pride, self-importance, and"

  20. "and he allows intercession for them, as mentioned in the Book of Arrogance and Conceit."

  21. "took pride in among others, arrogance due to abundant blessings, being distracted from"

  22. "These are miserliness, arrogance, vanity, hypocrisy, envy, intense anger, gluttony for"

  23. "These debates are linked to internal vices like arrogance, vanity, envy, competition,"

  24. "rage, pride, and vanity. Deficiency leads to humiliation, disgrace, panic, lowliness,"

  25. "This will be further explored in The Book of Dispraise of Pride and Conceit and The"

  26. "but veiled arrogance and a contest with the divine lordship in the mantle of pride."

  27. "The essence of humility and grace, the dissipation of vanity, joy, and arrogance,"

  28. "The fifth point is when a woman refrains from intercourse due to pride and an excessive emphasis on cleanliness"

  29. "Three are destructive, selfish greed that is obeyed, desires that are followed, and a person's self-conceit."

  30. "Allah than these. If one truly saw themselves in this light, arrogance would be a rightful, commendable"

  31. "boasts of its cleverness and guidance. Its pride grows when attributed to foolishness. So say to it,"

From the Pen of

Ibn Kathir

4 passages
  1. "ears, covered themselves with their garments, persisted, and were arrogant with great arrogance."

  2. "therein? What you have been concealing refers to Iblis' pride and arrogance towards Adam."

  3. "for creation. I prohibit you from idolatry and arrogance. When asked about arrogance,"

  4. "anger for Allah's sake due to Pharaoh's arrogance, his obstruction of Allah's path, and his persistence"

From the Pen of

Ibn Battuta

1 passages
  1. "grand cities of Yemen. Its people are characterized by pride and arrogance, as is common in the lands"

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