One scholar wrote the following about the person who has an all - consuming pride: “In his heart there is a little altar where he bows down before himself. ”
قَالَ أَحَدُ عُلَمَاءِ ٱلْكِتَابِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ إِنَّ ٱلشَّخْصَ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرَ « يُقِيمُ دَاخِلَ قَلْبِهِ مَعْبَدًا صَغِيرًا لِنَفْسِهِ » .‏