40 Hadith Qudsi #19

الكبرياء ردائي والعظمة إزاري

Pride Is My Cloak and Greatness My Robe

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah رضي الله عنه
Sahih
Abu Dawud
Arabic
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: الْكِبْرِيَاءُ رِدَائِي، وَالْعَظَمَةُ إِزَارِي. فَمَنْ نَازَعَنِي وَاحِدًا مِنْهُمَا، قَذَفْتُهُ فِي النَّارِ. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ (وَكَذَلِكَ ابْنُ مَاجَهْ وَأَحْمَدُ) بِأَسَانِيدَ صَحِيحَةٍ. وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ أَيْضًا عِنْدَ مُسْلِمٍ بِرِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى.
Pronunciation
'An Abi Hurayrata radiyallahu 'anhu qala: Qala Rasulullahi sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam: Qalallahu 'azza wa jall: Al-kibriya'u rida'i, wa-l-'azamatu izari. Faman naza'ani wahidan minhuma, qadhaftуhu fi-n-nar. Rawahu Abu Dawuda (wa kadhalika-bnu Majah wa Ahmadu) bi-asanida sahiha. Wa hadha-l-hadithu aydan 'inda Muslimin biriwaayatin ukhra.
English
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said: Pride is My cloak and greatness My robe. And he who competes with Me in respect of either of them I shall cast into Hell-fire. It was related by Abu Dawud (also by Ibn Majah and Ahmad) with sound chains of authority. This hadith also appears in Muslim in another version.