dr. javad ‘ala al-muhaddasin

Arrogance in the lexical and moral books often means self-conceit and self-superiority. The study of verses and traditions strongly shows that in the use of“ کبر “ (arrogance) and its related words, not accepting the right and avoiding the right are considered as the root and cause of self-conceit and self-righteousness to the point where in many cases arrogance isconsidered to be basically equivalent to evasion of rights and the like. In the hadiths, we come across cases where (by emphasizing the rootof arrogance) the meaning of arrogance is evasion of rights, such as refusing to accept Vilayat and denying the divine proofs. Also, in the cases where the hadiths describe arrogance with terms such as “Um al-‘Uyub” and “A’zam al-Zunub” and have counted severe punishments for it, the emphasis is on avoiding the right. The result of this study is to pay more attention to the issue of “right acceptance” and “surrender to the right” as an important component of “faith” and “religiosity” which willcontain an important message and influence in our approach to religious concepts and values.