Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Haughtiness
Haughtiness-الاِستطالة
- Whoever is haughty with his brothers, nobody will be sincere with him.
1ـ مَنِ اسْتَطالَ عَلَى الإخْوانِ لَمْ يَخْـلُصْ لَهُ إنْسانٌ.
- Whoever is haughty with people because of his authority, his authority will get stripped away.
2ـ مَنِ اسْتَطالَ عَلَى النّاسِ بِقُدْرَتِهِ سُلِبَ القُدْرَةُ.
- Haughtiness is the language of error and ignorance.
3ـ اَلاِسْتِطالَةُ لِسانُ الغِوايَةِ والجَهالَةِ.
- Do not be haughty with the one whom you have not enslaved.[^1]
4ـ لاتَسْتَطِلْ عَلى مَنْ لاتَسْتَرِقَّ.
[^1]: Meaning that one should not be haughty with those who are not his slaves.