Arrogance

Claude Gilliot (1)

1 IREMAM - Institut de Recherches et d'Etudes sur les Mondes Arabes et Musulmans

Under this English word "Arrogance" we study: 1. the Arabic roots or words related to "Arrogance", both primary and secondary. 2. Pride and honour among the ancient Arabs 3. Arrogance as a rhetorical device; Mohammed's preaching. 4. Arrogance in the Koran, in the exegetical tradition, and in hadith. 5. Arrogance in adab and the philosophical tradition.

Mots clés: Arabic; Islam; Koran; arrogance; semantic field of arrogance; "Arabic"; "Islam"; "Koran"; "arrogance"; "semantic field of arrogance".

Domaines: Religions

Claude Gilliot. Arrogance. Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an Three (EI3), 2008-2, Leiden, Brill, p. 127-135, 2008. ⟨halshs-00645532⟩