Sure 7 Al-A'raaf — Aya 146
سَأَصْرِفُ عَنْ ءَايَٰتِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كُلَّ ءَايَةٍۢ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَا وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ سَبِيلَ ٱلرُّشْدِ لَا يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلًۭا وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ سَبِيلَ ٱلْغَىِّ يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلًۭا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا غَٰفِلِينَ
Abwenden aber will Ich von Meinen Zeichen diejenigen, die sich im Lande hochmütig gegen alles Recht gebärden; und wenn sie auch alle Zeichen sehen, so wollen sie nicht daran glauben; und wenn sie den Weg der Rechtschaffenheit sehen, so wollen sie ihn nicht als Weg annehmen; sehen sie aber den Weg des Irrtums, so nehmen sie ihn als Weg an. Dies (ist so), weil sie Unsere Zeichen für Lügen erklärten und sie nicht achteten.
sa-aṣrifu ʿan āyātiya alladhīna yatakabbarūna fī l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqi wa-in yaraw kulla āyatin lā yu'minū bihā wa-in yaraw sabīla l-rush'di lā yattakhidhūhu sabīlan wa-in yaraw sabīla l-ghayi yattakhidhūhu sabīlan dhālika bi-annahum kadhabū biāyātinā wakānū ʿanhā ghāfilīna
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- سَأَصْرِفُ sa-aṣrifu I will turn away
- عَنْ ʿan from
- ءَايَـٰتِىَ āyātiya My Signs
- ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
- يَتَكَبَّرُونَ yatakabbarūna are arrogant
- فِى fī in
- ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth
- بِغَيْرِ bighayri without
- ٱلْحَقِّ l-ḥaqi [the] right
- وَإِن wa-in and if
- يَرَوْا۟ yaraw they see
- كُلَّ kulla every
- ءَايَةٍۢ āyatin sign
- لَّا lā not
- يُؤْمِنُوا۟ yu'minū (will) they believe
- بِهَا bihā in it
- وَإِن wa-in And if
- يَرَوْا۟ yaraw they see
- سَبِيلَ sabīla (the) way
- ٱلرُّشْدِ l-rush'di (of) the righteousness
- لَا lā not
- يَتَّخِذُوهُ yattakhidhūhu (will) they take it
- سَبِيلًۭا sabīlan (as) a way
- وَإِن wa-in but if
- يَرَوْا۟ yaraw they see
- سَبِيلَ sabīla (the) way
- ٱلْغَىِّ l-ghayi (of) [the] error
- يَتَّخِذُوهُ yattakhidhūhu they will take it
- سَبِيلًۭا ۚ sabīlan (as) a way
- ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That
- بِأَنَّهُمْ bi-annahum (is) because they
- كَذَّبُوا۟ kadhabū denied
- بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا biāyātinā Our Signs
- وَكَانُوا۟ wakānū and they were
- عَنْهَا ʿanhā of them
- غَـٰفِلِينَ ghāfilīna heedless
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Arrogant People will be deprived of Allah's Ayat
Allah said,
(I shall turn away from My Ayat those who behave arrogantly on the earth, without a right). Allah says, "I shall deprive the hearts of those who are too proud to obey Me, and arrogant with people without right, from understanding the signs and proofs that testify to My Might, Law and Commandments." And just as they acted arrogantly without justification, Allah has disgraced them with ignorance. Allah said in another Ayah,
(And We shall turn their hearts and their eyes away (from guidance), as they refused to believe therein for the first time) 6:110, and,
(So when they turned away (from the path of Allah), Allah turned their hearts away (from the right path).) 61:5 Sufyan bin `Uyaynah commented on this Ayah,
(I shall turn away from My Ayat those who behave arrogantly on the earth, without a right), "(Allah says) I shall snatch away comprehension of the Qur'an from them and turn them away from My Ayat. " Ibn Jarir commented on Sufyan's statement that, "This indicates that this part of the Ayah is addressed to this Ummah." This is not necessarily true, for Ibn `Uyaynah actually meant that this occurs in every Ummah and that there is no difference between one Ummah and another Ummah in this regard. Allah knows best. Allah said next,
(and (even) if they see all the Ayat, they will not believe in them). Allah said in a similar Ayah,
(Truly, those, against whom the Word (wrath) of your Lord has been justified, will not believe. Even if every sign should come to them, until they see the painful torment.) 10:96-97 Allah's statement,
(And if they see the way of righteousness, they will not adopt it as the way,) means, even if the way of guidance and safety appears before them, they will not take it, but if the way that leads to destruction and misguidance appears to them, they adopt that way. Allah explains why they do this,
(that is because they have rejected Our Ayat), in their hearts,
(and were heedless of them.), gaining no lessons from the Ayat. Allah's statement,
(Those who deny Our Ayat and the meeting in the Hereafter, vain are their deeds.) indicates that whoever among them does this, remaining on this path until death, then all his deeds will be in vain. Allah said next,
(Are they requited with anything except what they used to do) meaning, `We only recompense them according to the deeds that they performed, good for good and evil for evil. Surely, as you bring forth, you reap the harvest thereof.'