قال الله تعالى: {وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ إِنِّي عُذْتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُم مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ} (غافر: ٢٧)

Allah, Most High, says, {Moses said, "I have indeed called upon my Lord and your Lord (for protection) from every arrogant one who believes not in the Day of Account.} (Ghafir: 27)

{إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ} (النحل: 23)

{Verily He loveth not the arrogant.} (An-Nahl: 23)

قال النبي ﷺ: «بينما رجلٌ يمشي في حُلّةٍ له، يُعجبُه شأنُه، إذ خسف الله به الأرضَ، فهو يتجلجل فيها إلى يوم القيامة».1

The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Once a man was walking along in a new set of clothes, with a swagger to his step, pleased with himself, Allah caused the earth to swallow him and he will keep sinking until the Last Day.”1

يُحشَرُ المُتَكَبِّرونَ وَالجَبّارونَ يَومَ القِيامَةِ أَمثالَ الذَّرِّ تَطَؤُهُمُ النّاسُ بِأَقدامِهِم.2

"Tyrants and the arrogant will be raised on the last Day as grain strewn under feet that the people will walk upon.”2

قال السلف: أوّلُ معصيةٍ عُصِيَ اللهُ بها الكِبْرُ.

Arrogance, as early Muslims said, was the first fault against Allah.

قال الله تعالى: {وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ وَاسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ} (البقرة: 34)

Allah, the Almighty, says, {And behold, we said to the angels: bow down to Adam: and they bowed down: not so Iblis: he refused and was haughty: he was of those who reject Faith} (AI-Baqarah: 34)

لہٰذا، الإيمان لا ينفع مع وجود الكبر، كما هو الحال مع إبليس.

Therefore, Faith is of no avail if arrogance exists, as is Iblis.

قال رسول الله ﷺ: «الكِبْرُ بَطَرُ الْحَقِّ وَغَمْطُ النَّاسِ».3

The Messenger (pbuh) said, "Arrogance is belittling to admit the truth and considering people inferior.”3

الكِبْر هو رَدُّ الحَقِّ واحتقارُ الناس.» ٤

"Arrogance is refusing to acknowledge what is right and considering others to be inferior.” 4

لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ ﷺ 5

"No one with the slightest particle of arrogance in his heart will enter Paradise.” 5

قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِي الحَدِيثِ القُدُسِيِّ: {إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ} (لقمان: ١٨)

Allah, the Almighty, says in the Qudsi hadith, {Allah loveth not any arrogant boaster.} (Luqman: 18)

قال الله تعالى: «الكبرياءُ رِدائي، والعظمةُ إزاري، فمن نازعني واحدًا منهما قذفتُه في النار».6

Allah, the Almighty, says, "Pride is My garment and haughtiness My Mantle: whoever vies with Me for them I will throw into Hell.”6

قال الرسول ﷺ: «تَحاجَّتِ الْجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ، فَقَالَتِ النَّارُ: فِيَّ يَدْخُلُ الْجَبَّارُونَ وَالْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ، وَقَالَتِ الْجَنَّةُ: فِيَّ يَدْخُلُ الضُّعَفَاءُ وَالْمَسَاكِينُ. فَقَضَى اللهُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَ: إِنَّكِ الْجَنَّةُ رَحْمَتِي، أَرْحَمُ بِكِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ، وَإِنَّكِ النَّارُ عَذَابِي، أُعَذِّبُ بِكِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ، وَلِكُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْكُمَا عَلَيَّ مِلْؤُهَا».1

The Messenger (pbuh) said, "A debate took place between heaven and hell. The latter said; in me shall enter tyrant and the arrogant people: while heaven said, "In me shall enter the weak and the lowly." Allah decided the issue by saying, You are heaven, My mercy, through you I shall have mercy on whomsoever 1 please; and you are hell, a place of punishment, through you / shall chastise whomsoever / like. /t is incumbent upon Me to fill both of you!”1

قال الله تعالى: {وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ} [لقمان: 18]

Allah, the Almighty, says, {And swell not thy check (jor pride) at men. Nor walk in insolence through the earth for Allah loveth not any arrogant boaster.} (Luqman: 18)

حدّث سَلَمة بن الأكوع أنّ رجلاً كان يأكل بشماله بين يدي النبي ﷺ، فقال له: «كُلْ بيمينك». فقال: «لا أستطيع». فما منعه إلا الكِبر.

Salama Ibn Al-Akwa' recounted that a man was eating with his left hand in the presence of the Prophet (pbuh). The Prophet told him, "Eat with your right. " To which the man replied, "/ cannot." Though nothing stopped him but arrogance.

قال النبي ﷺ: «لا استطعتَ»، فما استطاع الرجلُ بعدها أن يرفع يمينه إلى فمه.2

The Prophet said,' "May you not be able to. " And the man could never lift his right hand to his mouth again.”2

ألا أخبركم بأهل النار؟ كلُّ عُتُلٍّ جوَّاظٍ مستكبرٍ.3

"Shall I tell you who the people of the Hell-Fire are. The cruel, the haughty and the arrogant.”3

ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَلَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ، وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ: الْمُسْبِلُ إِزَارَهُ، وَالْمَنَّانُ بِمَا أَعْطَى، وَالْمُنَفِّقُ سِلْعَتَهُ بِالْحَلِفِ الْكَاذِبِ.4

"There are three people whom Allah will not speak to, look at or exonerate on the Day of Judgement, and who will have a painful torment: he who wears the hem of his garment low (out of pride), he who reminds recipients of his charity to them and he who sells merchandise swearing that he paid more for it than he actually did.”4

"ما نزل تحت الكعبين من الإزار ففي النار" — ما أسفل من الكعبين من الإزار ففي النار5

"What comes down the anklebones of the caftan is in Hell.”5

أشدّ الكبر كبرُ من يتعاظم على أهل علمه ويسرّ في نفسه بتفوّقه عليهم، فلا ينتفع هو بعلمه البتّة. أما من طلب العلم الشرعي لأجل الآخرة، فإن علمه يُقلقه، ويتواضع قلبه، ويُخفض نفسه. فهو يترصّد هواه ولا يطلقه على سجيته أبداً، بل يحاسب نفسه باستمرار ويقوّمها. ولو غفل عنها لانحرفت عن الطريق المستقيم وأهلكته. أما الذي يطلب العلم ليتفاخر به أو ليحوز منصب الرئاسة، ينظر إلى سائر المسلمين بازدراء، ويحسبهم جهّالاً، ويستخفّ بهم، فهذا أعظم الكبر، ولا يدخل الجنة من في قلبه أدنى مثقال ذرة من كبر. ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله العليّ العظيم.

The wickedest arrogance is that of someone who exalts himself over people of his learning and gloats to himself about his superiority. The knowledge of such person is of absolutely no benefit to him. Whoever learns sacred knowledge for the sake of the next world is unsettled by his learning, his heart is humbled and his ego lowered. Such a person lies in wait for his selfishness and never gives it free rein. He constantly takes his ego to task and corrects it. Were he to neglect it, it would diverge from the right path and destroy him. The person who seeks knowledge to take pride in it or gain a position of leadership, looking disdainfully at other Muslims, thinking them fools and making light to them all this is the most enormous arrogance and no one with the slightest particle of arrogance in his heart will enter Paradise. There is no power nor might save in Allah Most High, Most Glorious.