1567 - تَفسيرُ الكِبرِ

1567. THE EXPLANATION OF ARROGANCE

5384.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : يا أبا ذَرٍّ ، مَن ماتَ وفي قَلبِهِ مِثقالُ ذَرَّةٍ مِن كِبرٍ لم يَجِدْ رائحَةَ الجَنَّةِ إلّا أن يَتوبَ قبلَ ذلكَ ، فقالَ : يا رسولَ اللَّهِ ، إني لَيُعجِبُني الجَمالُ حتّى‏ وَدِدتُ أنَّ عِلاقَةَ سَوطي وقِبالَ نَعلي حَسَنٌ ، فَهل يُرهَبُ على‏ ذلكَ ؟ قالَ : كيفَ تَجِدُ قَلبَكَ ؟ قالَ : أجِدُهُ عارِفاً للحَقِّ مُطمَئنّاً إلَيهِ ، قالَ : ليسَ ذلكَ بالكِبرِ ، ولكنَّ الكِبرَ أن تَترُكَ الحَقَّ وتَتَجاوَزَهُ إلى‏ غيرِهِ ، وتَنظُرَ إلَى النّاسِ ولا تَرى‏ أنَّ أحَداً عِرضُهُ كَعِرضِكَ ولا دَمُهُ كَدَمِكَ .¹

5384. The Prophet (AS) said, 'O Abu Dharr, whoever dies having an atom's weight of arrogance in his heart will never smell the scent of Heaven unless he repents beforehand.' Abu Dharr asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, I am fond of beauty so much so that I wished that the handle of my cane and the lace of my sandal be beautiful. So, should I be afraid of this?' He said, 'How do you see your heart?' Abu Dharr said, 'I see it knowing the truth, and certain of it.' He (SAWA) said, 'That is not arrogance. Rather, arrogance is that you leave the truth and exceed beyond it. You look at people and you do not see their honour as being like your honour or their blood like yours.' ²

5385.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : طَلَبتُ الخُضوعَ فما وَجَدْتُ إلّا بقبولِ الحقِّ ، اقبَلُوا الحَقَّ ، فإنَّ قبولَ الحقِّ يُبَعِّدُ مِن الكِبرِ .³

5385.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'I sought after humility and did not find it other than through accepting the truth. Accept the truth, for accepting the truth distances one from arrogance.' ⁴

5386.الكافي عن عبد الأعلى بن أعين : قال أبو عبداللَّه : قالَ رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : إنَّ أعظَمَ الكِبرِ غَمصُ الخَلقِ وسَفَهُ الحَقِّ ، قلتُ : وما غَمْصُ الخَلقِ وسَفَهُ الحَقِّ ؟ قالَ : يَجهَلُ الحَقَّ ويَطعَنُ على‏ أهلِهِ ، فَمَن فَعَلَ ذلكَ فقد نازَعَ اللَّهَ عَزَّوجلَّ رِداءَهُ .⁵

5386. al-Kafi: 'Imam al-Sadiq (AS) narrated, 'The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The worst of arrogance is degrading people and depreciating the truth.' At this, Abd al-Ala Ibn Ayun asked, 'And what is despising people and depreciating the truth?' He said, 'It is when one is ignorant of the truth and slanders its people, and whoever does this has wrested Allah of His robe.' ⁶

5387.الكافي عن حفص بن غياث عن الإمام الصادق عليه السلام : مَن ذَهَبَ يَرى‏ أنَّ لَهُ علَى الآخَرِ فَضلاً فهُو مِن المُستَكبِرِينَ، فقلتُ لَهُ : إنّما يَرى‏ أنَّ لَهُ علَيهِ فَضلاً بالعافيَةِ إذا رَآهُ مُرتَكِباً لِلمَعاصِي ؟ فقالَ : هَيهاتَ هَيهاتَ ! فَلَعَلَّهُ أن يكونَ قد غُفِرَ لَهُ ما أتى‏ وأنتَ مَوقوفٌ مُحاسَبٌ ، أما تَلَوتَ قِصَّةَ سَحَرَةِ موسى‏ عليه السلام .⁷

5387. al-Kafi: 'Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Whoever thinks that he is superior to someone else is himself of the arrogant.' Abu Hafs Ibn Ghiyath said, 'I asked him: [What if] one sees that they are superior in their being good when they see others committing sins?' The Imam said, 'Far from it, far from it! For maybe he has been forgiven for what he has done and whilst you will be stopped and held accountable. Have you not read the story of the magicians of [the time of] Moses (AS) in the Qur'an?' ⁸

338 - الكِبر

338. ARROGANCE

1566 - التَّحذِيرُ مِنَ الكِبرِ

1566. WARNING AGAINST ARROGANCE

(فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ * إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ اسْتَكْبَرَ وَكانَ مِنَ الْكافِرينَ) .¹

"Thereat the angels prostrated all of them together, except Iblis; he acted arrogantly and he was one of the faithless." ²

(قالَ فَاهْبِطْ مِنْها فَما يَكُونُ لَكَ أَنْ تَتَكَبَّرَ فِيها فَاخْرُجْ إِنَّكَ مِنَ الصَّاغِرِينَ) .³

""Get down from it" He said. "It is not for you to be arrogant therein. Be gone! You are indeed among the degraded ones." ⁴

5380.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: فاعتَبِرُوا بما كانَ مِن فِعلِ اللَّهِ بإبليسَ، إذ أحبَطَ عَمَلَهُ الطَّويلَ وجَهدَهُ الجَهيدَ ... عن كِبْرِ ساعَةٍ واحِدَةٍ ! فمَن ذا بَعدَ إبليسَ يَسلَمُ علَى اللَّهِ بمثلِ مَعصيَتِهِ ؟!⁵

5380.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Take lesson from what Allah did to Satan. He foiled his many deeds and his hardworking efforts.... for being arrogant for an instant! So, after Satan who will be saved from Allah's wrath with something like his sin?!' ⁶

5381.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : ما دَخَلَ قَلبَ امرِئٍ شي‏ءٌ مِن الكِبرِ إلّا نَقَصَ مِن عَقلِهِ مِثلُ ما دَخَلَهُ مِن ذلكَ ، قَلَّ ذلكَ أو كَثُرَ .⁷

5381.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'If any amount of arrogance enters the heart of a person, it will only bring deficiency to the intellect with the same amount of what entered it, whether it be a little or a lot.' ⁸

5382.الإمامُ الصّادق عليه السلام : مَن بَرِئَ مِن الكِبرِ نالَ الكَرامَةَ .⁹

5382.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Whoever is free from arrogance will obtain dignity.' ¹⁰

5383.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : الكِبرُ رِداءُ اللَّهِ ، فَمَن نازَعَ اللَّهَ شيئاً مِن ذلكَ أكَبَّهُ اللَّهُ في النّارِ .¹¹

5383.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Grandeur is the robe of Allah, and whoever wants to wrest with Allah in any of it, Allah will throw him onto his face into the Hellfire.' ¹²