Arabic · noun · Character & Virtue
Takabbur
तकब्बुर
said ta-KAB-bur
also written: takabbar
Meaning
Pride, haughtiness, the act of magnifying oneself in arrogance.
Usage & notes
Takabbur is the vice of the swollen, self-worshipping ego, the very sin of Satan in Iqbal's reading; it is the counterfeit of true selfhood, all surface and no substance.