سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ
Surah An-Nahl (16) — Ayah 23
لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ ﴿23﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Certainly, Allâh knows what they conceal and what they reveal. Truly, He likes not the proud.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
لَا
lā
No doubt
جَرَمَ
jarama
No doubt
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
يَعْلَمُ
yaʿlamu
knows
مَا
mā
what
يُسِرُّونَ
yusirrūna
they conceal
وَمَا
wamā
and what
يُعْلِنُونَ ۚ
yuʿ'linūna
they reveal
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, He
لَا
lā
(does) not
يُحِبُّ
yuḥibbu
love
ٱلْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ
l-mus'takbirīna
the arrogant ones
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
23. 1. اَسْتِکْبَار means to consider oneself great and, due to this, to deny the truth and the right, and to consider others inferior and lowly. This is the very definition of arrogance (kibr) mentioned in the hadith. This arrogance and pride is extremely disliked by Allah. In the hadith it is stated that, the person who has even an atom's weight of arrogance in his heart will not enter Paradise.
