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“تکبر” in the Masnavi

4 couplets in the Masnavi

Reflections, ayahs and hadiths on this topic
جمله گفتندش که جان‌‌بازی کنیم
فهم گرد آریم و انبازی کنیم‌‌

They all said to him, 'We will risk our lives in this; we will gather our knowledge together and work as one.'

Couplet 46 · The Story of the King and the Handmaiden
ترک استثنا مرادم قسوتی است
نی همین گفتن که عارض حالتی است‌‌

By neglecting to say 'if God wills,' I mean a hardness of the heart, not merely the omission of the phrase itself, which may be just an accidental occurrence.

Couplet 49 · The Story of the King and the Handmaiden