hadith
8578
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Imam Ali (AS) said, Fear Allah O servants of Allah; do not put on the garment of arrogance, for indeed arrogance is the greatest trap of the Devil which he grips the hearts just as fatal poisons [rush through the body and] overcome [it].
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : فَاللّهَ اللّهَ عِبادَ اللّهِ أنْ تَتَرَدَّوْا رِداءَ الكِبْرِ فَإنَّ الكِبْرَ مَصيدَةُ إبْلِسَ العُظْمَى الَّتي يُساوِرُ بِها القُلُوبَ مُساوَرَةَ السُّمُومِ القاتِلَةِ
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