Surah 17 Al-Israa — Ayah 37
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وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۖ إِنَّكَ لَن تَخْرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَن تَبْلُغَ ٱلْجِبَالَ طُولًۭا
你不要骄傲自满地在大地上行走，你绝不能把大地踏穿，绝不能与山比高。
walā tamshi fī l-arḍi maraḥan innaka lan takhriqa l-arḍa walan tablugha l-jibāla ṭūlan
Word by word
- 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.