Can knowledge too make people arrogant?
What are the modifiers or factors that make knowledge a source of arrogance?
Re: What does make people arrogant
It goes both ways.
Sometimes, the more you know, the more you know that there is so much you don’t know. This makes you humble and less arrogant.
Sometimes, knowledge makes you arrogant.
Re: What does make people arrogant
Peace bro ajazali
It is a deep Sufi acknowledgement and warning that with knowledge comes the fitnah of arrogance. The scholars are most periled by things like arrogance, pride, luxury, elitism and these are not for us to judge for a person may have an outwardness of grandeur but is really not that way inside. So it is definitely something we are taught to look out for. Sidi Ahmad Zarruq who wrote the Poor Man’s Book of Assistance clearly describes these pitfalls and we are given methods to navigate out of these areas. Some Sufis called the Malamatiyyas Malamatiyya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - would go to excess to tame themselves of arrogance, but there is another position in Islam and that is we must not beguile or dishonour ourselves. So that position by such Malamatis was rejected by the main body of Sufis. Although when you read about them you can’t help feel some sort of inclination towards their intent.
Re: What does make people arrogant
agree. but this is a rare case.
this seems interesting, “the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others”.
means incompetent overestimates himself, and competent underestimate himself.
Re: What does make people arrogant
I read khawja ghulam farid was warned by his murshid for same.
Yes there should be a balance.