Sura 17 Al-Israa — Aya 37
37
وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۖ إِنَّكَ لَن تَخْرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَن تَبْلُغَ ٱلْجِبَالَ طُولًۭا
Wala usitembee katika ardhi kwa maringo. Hakika wewe huwezi kuipasua ardhi wala kufikia urefu wa milima.
walā tamshi fī l-arḍi maraḥan innaka lan takhriqa l-arḍa walan tablugha l-jibāla ṭūlan
Neno kwa neno
- وَلَا walā And (do) not
- تَمْشِ tamshi walk
- فِى fī in
- ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth
- مَرَحًا ۖ maraḥan (with) insolence
- إِنَّكَ innaka Indeed, you
- لَن lan will never
- تَخْرِقَ takhriqa tear
- ٱلْأَرْضَ l-arḍa the earth
- وَلَن walan and will never
- تَبْلُغَ tablugha reach
- ٱلْجِبَالَ l-jibāla the mountains
- طُولًۭا ṭūlan (in) height
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Condemnation of strutting
Allah forbids His servants to strut and walk in a boastful manner:
وَلاَ تَمْشِ فِى الاٌّرْضِ مَرَحًا
(And walk not on the earth with conceit and arrogance.) meaning, walking in boastful manner and acting proud, like those who are arrogant oppressors.
إِنَّكَ لَن تَخْرِقَ الاٌّرْضَ
(Verily, you can neither rend nor penetrate the earth) means, you cannot penetrate the earth with your walking. This was the opinion of Ibn Jarir.