Quran 31:18 — Luqman, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not turn your nose up at people, nor walk about the place arrogantly, for God does not love arrogant or boastful people.
وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ
walā tuṣaʿʿir khaddaka lilnnāsi walā tamshi fī l-arḍi maraḥan inna l-laha lā yuḥibbu kulla mukh'tālin fakhūrin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Turn not thy cheek away from men in scorn, and walk not in the earth exultantly; God loves not any man proud and boastful.
- Muhammad Asad
- “And turn not thy cheek away from people in [false] pride, and walk not haughtily on earth: for, behold, God does not love anyone who, out of self- conceit, acts in a boastful manner.
- Sahih International
- And do not turn your cheek [in contempt] toward people and do not walk through the earth exultantly. Indeed, Allāh does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تُصَعِّرْtuṣaʿʿir | turn | صعر |
| 3 | خَدَّكَkhaddaka | your cheek | خدد |
| 4 | لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsi | from men | نوس |
| 5 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 6 | تَمْشِtamshi | walk | مشي |
| 7 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 8 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 9 | مَرَحًا ۖmaraḥan | exultantly | مرح |
| 10 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 11 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 12 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 13 | يُحِبُّyuḥibbu | like | حبب |
| 14 | كُلَّkulla | every | كلل |
| 15 | مُخْتَالٍۢmukh'tālin | self-conceited | خيل |
| 16 | فَخُورٍۢfakhūrin | boaster | فخر |