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Kibr (Arrogance / Pride)

Self-exalting pride that scorns truth and others, identified as Iblīs's sin and a destroyer of the heart.

Self-exalting pride that scorns truth and others, identified as Iblīs's sin and a destroyer of the heart.

How it traveled

  1. Duties of the Heart
    Zaragoza (Saragossa) · 1080
    challenges
  2. Sha'arei Teshuvah
    Girona · 1260
    explains
  3. Menorat HaMaor
    Toledo (Castile) · 1391
    challenges

Key passages(20)

Ricaya · al-Harith al-Muhasibi

Very high

Sha'arei Teshuvah · Rabbeinu Yonah Gerondi · 1243 CE

Very high

וְהַגַּאֲוָה מְסַבֶּבֶת כַּמָּה עֲבֵרוֹת. וּמַגְבֶּרֶת יֵצֶר לֵב הָאָדָם עָלָיו. שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים ח':י"ד) וְרָם לְבָבֶךָ וְשָׁכַחְתָּ אֶת ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ. וְנֶאֱמַר (משלי כ"א:ד') רוּם עֵינַיִם וּרְחַב

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Menorat HaMaor · Yisrael ben Yosef Alnaqua · 1391 CE

Very high

הרי את למד שכל המקטין את עצמו שהב"ה נותן לו גדולה, שנא’ (שמואל א ב, ח) מקים מעפר דל מאשפות ירים אביון להושיב עם נדיבים וכסא כבוד ינחילם כי לה' מצוקי ארץ וגו'. וכל המתגאה הב"ה משפילו. בא וראה כמה מלכים

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Fawaid · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Futuhat Makkiyya · Ibn Arabi

Very high

Ihya Culum Din · al-Ghazali

Very high

Jamic Masail · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Madarij Salikin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Mafatih Ghayb · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Very high

Majmuc Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Majmucat Rasail · al-Ghazali

Very high

Tahdhib Akhlaq · Ibn Miskawayh

Very high

Wasaya · al-Harith al-Muhasibi

Very high
Zuhd 1145challenges

Zuhd · Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Very high

Tafsir Quran · Ibn Kathir

Very high

Tanbih · al-Sha'rani

Very high

Tanbih · Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani

Very high

Bidayat Hidaya · al-Ghazali

Very high

Hawamil Wa Shawamil · Ibn Miskawayh

Very high

Hisba · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high