Allah, Aliye Juu, anasema, {Musa akasema, "Hakika mimi nimemwomba Mola wangu na Mola wenu (anilinde) kutokana na kila mwenye kiburi asiyeamini Siku ya Hesabu."} (Ghafir: 27)

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)

{Hakika Yeye hawapendi wenye kiburi.} (An-Nahl: 23)

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

Mtume ﷺ alisema: "Mtu mmoja alikuwa akitembea amevaa nguo mpya, akijivuna katika mwendo wake, akijipendeza nafsi yake, Allah akaifanya ardhi immeze, nae ataendelea kuzama mpaka Siku ya Mwisho."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

Madhalimu na wenye kiburi watafufuliwa siku ya Kiyama kama chembe za nafaka zilizotawanywa chini ya miguu ambayo watu watayakanyaga.2

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

Kiburi, kama walivyosema Waislamu wa mwanzo, kilikuwa kosa la kwanza dhidi ya Allah.

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

Mwenyezi Mungu, Mtukufu, anasema: {Na pale tulipowaambia Malaika: msujuduni Adamu. Basi wakamsujudia; isipokuwa Iblisi. Alikataa na kujivuna, naye alikuwa miongoni mwa makafiri}

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)

Kwa hiyo, imani haina manufaa iwapo kiburi kipo, kama ilivyokuwa kwa Iblisi.

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

Mtume ﷺ alisema: "Kiburi ni kukataa kukubali haki na kuwadharau watu."3

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

"Kiburi ni kukataa kukubali lililo haki na kuwaona wengine kuwa duni.” 4

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

"Hakuna mtu mwenye chembe ya kiburi moyoni mwake atakayeingia Peponi." 5

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

Allah, Mtukufu, anasema katika hadith Qudsi, {Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu hawapendi kila mwenye kujivuna na kujisifu.} (Luqman: 18)

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

Allah, Mtukufu, anasema: "Kiburi ni vazi Langu, na majivuno ni joho Langu; atakayeshindana Nami katika hivyo, nitamtupa Motoni."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

Mtume (ﷺ) alisema, "Kulifanyika mdahalo kati ya peponi na motoni. Moto ulisema: ndani yangu wataingia majabari na wenye kiburi. Pepo ikasema: ndani yangu wataingia wanyonge na wadhalilifu. Allah akaamua suala hilo kwa kusema: Wewe ni pepo, rehema Yangu; kupitia wewe nitamrehemu yeyote nitakaye. Na wewe ni moto, mahali pa adhabu; kupitia wewe nitamwadhibu yeyote nitakaye. Ni wajibu juu Yangu kukujaza nyote wawili!"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

Mwenyezi Mungu, Mtukufu, anasema: {Wala usigeuze shavu lako kwa watu kwa kiburi, wala usitembee katika ardhi kwa majivuno, kwa kuwa Mwenyezi Mungu hampendi mwenye kujivuna, mwenye kujisifu.} (Luqman: 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)

Salama Ibn Al-Akwa' alisimulia kwamba mtu mmoja alikuwa akila kwa mkono wake wa kushoto mbele ya Mtume ﷺ. Mtume ﷺ alimwambia, "Kula kwa mkono wako wa kulia." Lakini mtu huyo akajibu, "Siwezi." Hata hivyo, hakuna kitu kilichomzuia isipokuwa kiburi.

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.

Mtume ﷺ alisema: "Usiweze." Na yule mtu hakuweza tena kuinua mkono wake wa kulia kuufikisha mdomoni.2

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

"Je, nikujulisheni ni akina nani watu wa Moto? Ni wenye ukatili, wenye kiburi na wenye majivuno."3

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

"Kuna watu watatu ambao Allah hatawasemesha, hatawatazama wala kuwatakasa siku ya Kiyama, nao watakuwa na adhabu chungu: aliyeshusha pindo la nguo yake (kwa kiburi), aliyekumbusha wale aliowapa sadaka yake, na aliyeuza bidhaa akiapa kwamba aliinunua kwa bei kubwa kuliko ile aliyoinunua kwa kweli."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

"Kinachoshuka chini ya vifundo vya miguu ya kanzu (joho refu) kitakuwa Motoni."5

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

Kiburi kibaya zaidi ni kile cha mtu anayejikweza juu ya watu wa elimu yake na kujifurahisha moyoni mwake kwa ubora wake. Elimu ya mtu wa namna hiyo haimnufaishi hata kidogo. Mwenye kujifunza elimu ya dini kwa ajili ya Akhera, elimu yake humtia wasiwasi, moyo wake hunyenyekea na nafsi yake hushushwa. Mtu huyo huvizia ubinafsi wake na hauachi kamwe ukaenda upendavyo. Daima huihesabu nafsi yake na kuirekebisha. Akiipuuza, itakengeuka kutoka njia iliyo sawa na kumwangamiza. Mtu anayetafuta elimu ili ajivunie nayo au apate cheo cha uongozi, akiwatazama kwa dharau Waislamu wengine, akiwaona kuwa wajinga na kuwadharau, huyo ni kiburi kikubwa mno, na hakuna atakayeingia Peponi mwenye chembe yoyote ya kiburi moyoni mwake. Hakuna uwezo wala nguvu za kuokoa isipokuwa kwa Allah Mtukufu, Mwenye utukufu mkubwa.

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.