رياء

• رِئَاء‎ (riʾāʾ)

رِيَاء • (riyāʾ) m

1. verbal noun of رَاءَى‎ (rāʾā) (form II), doing a good action only to be seen by others as a good person
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:38:

     ‏وَٱلَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ رِئَاءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللّٰهِ وَلَا بِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْآخِرِ‎

     wa-llaḏīna yunfiqūna ʾamwālahum riʾāʾa n-nāsi wa-lā yuʾminūna bi-llāhi wa-lā bi-l-yawmi l-ʾāḵiri

     And those who spend of their wealth to be seen by the people and believe not in God nor in the Day of Judgment.