1ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): فاعتَبِرُوا بما كانَ مِن فِعلِ اللّهِ بإبليسَ، إذ أحبَطَ عَمَلَهُ الطَّويلَ وجَهدَهُ الجَهيدَ ... عن كِبْرِ ساعَةٍ واحِدَةٍ ! فمَن ذا بَعدَ إبليسَ يَسلَمُ علَى اللّهِ بمثلِ مَعصيَتِهِ ؟!
1– Ali (AS) said, ‘Take lesson from what Allah did to Satan. He foiled his many deeds and his hardworking efforts…. for being arrogant for an instant! So, who will be saved from Allah with something like his sin?!’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 192]
2ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ما دَخَلَ قَلبَ امرِئٍ شيءٌ مِن الكِبرِ إلّا نَقَصَ مِن عَقلِهِ مِثلُ ما دَخَلَهُ مِن ذلكَ، قَلَّ ذلكَ أو كَثُرَ.
2– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘If any amount of arrogance enters the heart of a person, it will only bring deficiency to the intellect with the same amount of what entered it, whether it be a little or a lot.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 186, no. 16]
3ـ الإمامُ الصّادق (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن بَرِئَ مِن الكِبرِ نالَ الكَرامَةَ .
3– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Whoever is free from arrogance will obtain dignity.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 78, p. 229, no. 5]
4ـ الإمامُ الصّادق (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الكِبرُ رِداءُ اللّهِ، فَمَن نازَعَ اللّهَ شيئاً مِن ذلكَ أكَبَّهُ اللّهُ في النّارِ .
4– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Arrogance is the robe of Allah, and whoever wants to wrest Allah of any of it, Allah will throw him onto his face into the Hellfire.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 73, p. 215, no. 5]
