Quran 17:37 — Al-Israa, verse 37
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not strut arrogantly about the earth: you cannot break it open, nor match the mountains in height.
وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۖ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَخْرِقَ الْأَرْضَ وَلَنْ تَبْلُغَ الْجِبَالَ طُولًا
walā tamshi fī l-arḍi maraḥan innaka lan takhriqa l-arḍa walan tablugha l-jibāla ṭūlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And walk not in the earth exultantly; certainly thou wilt never tear the earth open, nor attain the mountains in height.
- Muhammad Asad
- And walk not on earth with haughty self-conceit: for, verily, thou canst never rend the earth asunder, nor canst thou ever grow as tall as the mountains!
- Sahih International
- And do not walk upon the earth exultantly. Indeed, you will never tear the earth [apart], and you will never reach the mountains in height.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَمْشِtamshi | walk | مشي |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 5 | مَرَحًا ۖmaraḥan | (with) insolence | مرح |
| 6 | إِنَّكَinnaka | Indeed, you | — |
| 7 | لَنlan | will never | — |
| 8 | تَخْرِقَtakhriqa | tear | خرق |
| 9 | ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa | the earth | أرض |
| 10 | وَلَنwalan | and will never | — |
| 11 | تَبْلُغَtablugha | reach | بلغ |
| 12 | ٱلْجِبَالَl-jibāla | the mountains | جبل |
| 13 | طُولًۭاṭūlan | (in) height | طول |