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Salamah ibn al-Akwa’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “A man continues to exalt 1 himself until he is written among the tyrants, and what befalls them befalls him.”
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “Exalt himself”: The “ba” is for causation, meaning he elevates and exalts himself, distancing himself from people in rank, believing himself to be of great status. The essence is that he continues to raise himself beyond his rank to a higher one. “Befalls him” is in the accusative, though some say nominative, meaning the man receives the calamities of this world and punishments of the Hereafter that befall tyrants like Pharaoh, Haman, and Qarun. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
Note 1
(۱) قوله: يذهب بنفسه الباء للتعدية، أي يعلي نفسه ويرفعها، ويبعدها عن الناس في المرتبة، ويعتقدها عظيمة القدر، وخلاصة المعنى أنه لا يزال يذهبها عن درجتها ومرتبتها إلى مرتبة أعلى. وقوله: «فيصيبه بالنصب. وقيل: بالرفع أي فينال الرجل من بليات الدنيا وعقوبات العقبى ما أصابهم أي الجبارين كفرعون وهامان وقارون. التقطته من «المرقاة».