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for the sake of God, while this one was offered out of fear of the stick.'
CONCEIT
Conceit stands for self-importance for a good trait or a noble quality, such as knowledge, wealth, high rank, or righteous deed. The difference between conceit and arrogance is that the previous is to regard oneself highly important without the feeling of being proud, while arrogance is conceit plus feeling of pride. Conceit, however, is a detestable manner implying self-humbleness, narrow-mindedness, and impudence:
"Do not consider yourselves very great. Allah knows best who is the most righteous person (53:32)."
The Prophet (s) said: "Allah knew that sin is better for the believer than self-conceit; lest, He will never let the believers commit sins." 183
Imam al-Baqir (a) said: "Three things are exterminating: to regard the deeds are very much, to neglect the sins, and to be conceited." 184
Imam as-Sadiq (a) said: "The conceited shall perish."185
"Eblis the cursed said to his troops, 'If only I could impose three things upon son of Adam, I would not care for whatever he would do then, because his deeds will not be accepted: to regard his deeds as very much, neglect his sins, and be controlled by conceit.'" 186
"A knowledgeable man asked the worshipper about his prayers. 'How can a person like me be asked about his prayers?' said the worshipper. 'How about your weeping (out of fear of God)?' asked the knowledgeable man. 'I weep so heavily that my tears flow on my cheeks,' answered the worshipper. The knowledgeable commented, 'To laugh while you are truly fearful of God is surely better than weeping while you are conceited. No single item of the deeds
