Arabic · noun · Character & Virtue

Kibr

किब्र

said KIBR

also written: kibar, takabbur

Meaning

Arrogance, haughty pride, the conceit that exalts oneself over others.

How Iqbal uses it

Kibr is the spiritual disease Iqbal traces to Iblis, the pride that refused to bow; he condemns false self-exaltation while distinguishing it sharply from the legitimate dignity of khudi.

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

Takabbur

Pride, haughtiness, the act of magnifying oneself in arrogance.

ARABIC

Ghuroor

Vanity, conceit, deluded pride in one's own worth.

PERSIAN

Khud-pasandi

Self-conceit, narcissism, excessive approval of oneself.

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