Sura 17 Al-Israa — Aya 38
38
كُلُّ ذَٰلِكَ كَانَ سَيِّئُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّكَ مَكْرُوهًۭا
Haya yote ubaya wake ni wenye kuchukiza kwa Mola wako Mlezi.
kullu dhālika kāna sayyi-uhu ʿinda rabbika makrūhan
Neno kwa neno
- كُلُّ kullu All
- ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that
- كَانَ kāna is
- سَيِّئُهُۥ sayyi-uhu [its] evil
- عِندَ ʿinda near
- رَبِّكَ rabbika your Lord
- مَكْرُوهًۭا makrūhan hateful
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.