Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The Arrogant One
The arrogant one-المتكبِّر
- The haughty oppressor is destroyed by his sins.
1ـ المُتَجَبِّـرُ الظّالِمُ تُوبِقُهُ آثامُهُ.
- I am amazed at the arrogant one who was [nothing but] a drop of semen yesterday and will tomorrow be [just] a corpse.
2ـ عَجِبْتُ لِمُتَكَبِّر كانَ أمْسِ نُطْفَةً، وهُوَ فِي غَد جيفَةً.
- At times the haughty one is humiliated.
3ـ قَدْ يَذِلُّ المُتَجَبِّرُ.
- Every arrogant one is low.
4ـ كُلُّ مُتَكَبِّر حَقيرٌ.
- The arrogant one has no friend.
5ـ لَيْسَ لِمُتَكَبِّر صَديقٌ.
- One who becomes arrogant is abased.
6ـ مَنْ تَكَبَّرَ حُقِّرَ.
- One who shows arrogance is loathed.
7ـ مَنْ تَكَبَّرَ مُقِتَ.
- One who is arrogant towards the people gets humiliated.
8ـ مَنْ تَكَبَّرَ عَلَى النّاسِ ذَلَّ.
- One who is haughty with the one who is below him gets broken [and pulled down from his position].
9ـ مَنْ تَجَبَّرَ عَلى مَنْ دُونَهُ كُسِرَ.
- One who is arrogant will not be devoid of loss [and injury].
10ـ مَنْ كانَ مُتَكَبِّراً لَمْ يَعْدِمِ التَّلَّفَ.
- Whoever shows haughtiness, Allah belittles him and abases him.
11ـ مَنْ تَجَبَّرَ حَقَّرَهُ اللّهُ ووَضَعَهُ.
- One who wears the attires of arrogance and extravagance takes off the attires of merit and honour.
12ـ مَنْ لَبِسَ الكِبْرَ والسَّرَفَ خَلَعَ الفَضْلَ والشَّرَفَ.
- None is arrogant except the vile.
13ـ ما تَكَبَّرَ إلاّ وَضيعٌ.
- The actions of a haughty person are not pure [and righteous].
14ـ لايَزْكُو عَمَلُ مُتَجَبِّر.
- No one shows arrogance but the vile, unknown one.
15ـ لايَتَكَبَّرُ إلاّ وَضيعٌ خامِلٌ.