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Arabic · noun · Struggle & the Sword

Kibr

किब्र
Meaning

Pride or arrogance; the spiritual disease that veils the heart from God, the sin of Iblis.

See it in the verse

Kibr in Iqbal’s couplets

Khudi ki shokhi-o-tundi mein kibr-o-naaz nahin
Jo naaz ho bhi to be-lazzat-e-niyaz nahin
There is no arrogance or vanity in the spirited fierceness of selfhood — and any pride it does carry is never without the sweetness of humility.
Selfhood · Humility
Related words
ARABIC

Tawadu

Humility; the lowliness of the seeker who effaces his self before God and creation.

ARABIC

Iblis

The fallen angel who refused to bow to Adam; the archetype of proud rebellion against God.

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