My friend, if you are proud of your spiritual attainments, they (i.e. the Prophet and Imam ‘Ali) were over and above all of us in this respect; and if you have pride in your office and authority, they possessed true sovereignty. Yet, in spite of it, their humility and modesty was more than of anybody…
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Narrowness of vision, pettiness of mind…
Narrowness of vision, pettiness of mind, and lack of capaciousness of personality, together, are a strong factor responsible for pride, which makes its victim to have ‘ujb and kibr and makes him highly sensitive to qualities which are neither a kind of perfection nor any merit of note. And the more one is infatuated with…
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You poor fellow, who acquired nothing…
You poor fellow, who acquired nothing but a painful burden – which is hard to carry. Your burden does not bring you anything but corrupt morals and perverse deeds.Therefore, your knowledge does not call for any pride and exultation either! SOURCE: FORTY HADITH | IMAM KHOMEINI (R)
Knowledge, which darkens the heart…
Knowledge, which darkens the heart and increases it in its blindness is not knowledge. A learning, which ultimately makes its possessor an heir of the Devil, woe unto such learning! Kibr [Pride & Arrogance] is the property of Satan’s nature. SOURCE: FORTY HADITH | IMAM KHOMEINI (R)
The ultimate abode of the proud person…
The ultimate abode of the proud person is eternal damnation and hell. The tradition states: ‘one who rides the mount of pride is taken by it into the hell-fire.’ He will not get any glimpse of Paradise as long as the traces of this vice are present in his heart. SOURCE: FORTY HADITH | IMAM…
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