سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 146
سَأَصْرِفُ عَنْ ءَايَـٰتِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كُلَّ ءَايَةٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَا وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ سَبِيلَ ٱلرُّشْدِ لَا يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلًا وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ سَبِيلَ ٱلْغَىِّ يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا غَـٰفِلِينَ ﴿146﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
I shall turn away from My Ayât (verses of the Qur’ân) those who behave arrogantly on the earth, without a right, and (even) if they see all the Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they will not believe in them. And if they see the way of righteousness (monotheism, piety, and good deeds), they will not adopt it as the Way, but if they see the way of error (polytheism, crimes and evil deeds), they will adopt that way, that is because they have rejected Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and were heedless (to learn a lesson) from them.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
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 Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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146. I will turn away from My signs those who behave arrogantly on the earth without right [143]. Even if they see every sign, they will not believe in it. And if they see the way of guidance, they will not adopt it, but if they see the way of error, they will adopt it at once [143.1]. This is because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.
[143]
Definition and Signs of Arrogance:
A comprehensive definition of arrogance is found in the following hadith. Abdullah bin Mas'ud ؓ says that the Prophet ﷺ said: "He will not enter Paradise who has even a mustard seed's weight of arrogance in his heart." A man said: Every person likes that his clothes are good and his shoes are good (is this arrogance?). The Prophet ﷺ said: "Allah is beautiful and loves beauty. Arrogance is to reject the truth and to look down upon people." [ مسلم، كتاب الايمان۔ باب تحريم الكبرو بيانه]
That is, one sign of arrogance is that the arrogant person does not care about Allah's commands and begins to consider himself above the position of servitude to Allah, as if he is neither Allah's servant nor is Allah his Lord. The second sign is that he begins to consider himself a superior creature compared to ordinary people and treats others as inferior to himself, even though there is no justification for this self-conceit. While living on Allah's earth and eating His sustenance, no one has the right to remain disobedient and arrogant towards Allah. That is why Allah has used the words "without right" here.
[143۔ 1]
The Effect of Arrogance on Human Dispositions:
The meaning of the entire sentence will be that the eyes of those who are arrogant without reason do not even turn towards the signs of Allah. Even if the entire universe is filled with such signs of Allah and countless such signs exist within their own bodies, or if Allah's verses are recited to them, their hearts do not accept any effect. And even if they witness an extraordinary miracle, they are ready to seek interpretations and explanations for it, but they do not accept guidance. However, if there is something misleading, something that follows their own desires, if Allah's verses are being mocked, or if weak Muslims are being ridiculed, then such things greatly appeal to them and seem good to them.
[143]
Definition and Signs of Arrogance:
A comprehensive definition of arrogance is found in the following hadith. Abdullah bin Mas'ud ؓ says that the Prophet ﷺ said: "He will not enter Paradise who has even a mustard seed's weight of arrogance in his heart." A man said: Every person likes that his clothes are good and his shoes are good (is this arrogance?). The Prophet ﷺ said: "Allah is beautiful and loves beauty. Arrogance is to reject the truth and to look down upon people." [ مسلم، كتاب الايمان۔ باب تحريم الكبرو بيانه]
That is, one sign of arrogance is that the arrogant person does not care about Allah's commands and begins to consider himself above the position of servitude to Allah, as if he is neither Allah's servant nor is Allah his Lord. The second sign is that he begins to consider himself a superior creature compared to ordinary people and treats others as inferior to himself, even though there is no justification for this self-conceit. While living on Allah's earth and eating His sustenance, no one has the right to remain disobedient and arrogant towards Allah. That is why Allah has used the words "without right" here.
[143۔ 1]
The Effect of Arrogance on Human Dispositions:
The meaning of the entire sentence will be that the eyes of those who are arrogant without reason do not even turn towards the signs of Allah. Even if the entire universe is filled with such signs of Allah and countless such signs exist within their own bodies, or if Allah's verses are recited to them, their hearts do not accept any effect. And even if they witness an extraordinary miracle, they are ready to seek interpretations and explanations for it, but they do not accept guidance. However, if there is something misleading, something that follows their own desires, if Allah's verses are being mocked, or if weak Muslims are being ridiculed, then such things greatly appeal to them and seem good to them.
