سورة لقمان

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): Do not turn your face away from people out of arrogance, and do not turn your face away in contempt from one who speaks with you. وَ لَا تَمْشِ فِی الْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا [and do not walk in the earth exultingly] means فرحاً, that is, with joyfulness.

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): It is reported in the narration of Abu al-Jarud: Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said regarding the meaning of the verse وَ لَا تَمْشِ فِی الْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا [and do not walk in the earth exultingly]: "Marahan means with grandeur."

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): And beware of letting your garment trail, for that is a form of vanity. And Allah, blessed and exalted is He, said: إِنَّ اللهَ لا یُحِبُّ کُلَّ مُخْتالٍ فَخُورٍ [Surely Allah does not love any self-conceited boaster].

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) said in his advice to a man from Banu Tamim: "Beware of the long garment, for wearing a long garment is arrogance, and Allah does not love self-conceit."

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Woe to the one who acts arrogantly on the earth, opposing Allah, who is the Compeller of the heavens and the earth.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Whoever walks upon the earth with arrogance, the earth and whatever is beneath it and above it will curse him.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): In the Manahi of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) it is [narrated]: that the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) forbade a man from being conceited in his walk and strutting with pride, and he said: "Whoever puts on a garment and takes pride in himself in that garment, Allah will sink him down to the edge of Hell, and he will then be the companion of Qarun, for Qarun was the first who acted arrogantly and boasted, so Allah the Exalted caused him and his dwelling to be swallowed up by the earth; so whoever acts arrogantly has indeed contended with Allah the Mighty and Majestic in His grandeur."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Talha ibn Zayd has narrated from Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) that concerning the verse: وَ لَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّکَ لِلنَّاسِ [And do not turn your face away from people in contempt] he said: "The meaning is that people must be equal before you in knowledge [and in the teaching of it] [and it should not be that you teach one person and withhold from another]."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): وَ لَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّکَ لِلنَّاسِ [And do not turn your face away from people in contempt]; that is, never turn your face away from people, and in particular do not turn away from the one who is speaking with you, with the intent of belittling him.

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Allah the Exalted has assigned a duty to each of the human limbs and organs, a duty that has no connection to any other limb ... and after that there are the feet, with which one moves ... As for the obligations of the feet, they are: to step on the path with which Allah is pleased, and to keep away from every place the going to which angers Allah. Allah says in this regard: "Hasten toward the remembrance of Allah and leave off trading." (Jumu'ah/9). And in another place He said: وَ لا تَمْشِ فِی الْأَرْضِ مَرَحاً [And do not walk arrogantly upon the earth].

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Allah has made faith obligatory upon each of the limbs of the son of Adam and has divided faith among them. He has made it obligatory upon the two feet that they not step toward disobedience of Allah, but rather step toward that in which lies Allah's pleasure. And He has said: "And do not walk arrogantly upon the earth! You can neither cleave the earth, nor can you attain the height of the mountains in stature." (Isra/37).