Quran 7:146 — Al-A'raaf, verse 146
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
I will keep distracted from My signs those who behave arrogantly on Earth without any right, and who, even if they see every sign, will not believe in them; they will not take the way of right guidance if they see it, but will take the way of error if they see that. This is because they denied Our signs and paid them no heed:
سَأَصْرِفُ عَنْ آيَاتِيَ الَّذِينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَإِنْ يَرَوْا كُلَّ آيَةٍ لَا يُؤْمِنُوا بِهَا وَإِنْ يَرَوْا سَبِيلَ الرُّشْدِ لَا يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلًا وَإِنْ يَرَوْا سَبِيلَ الْغَيِّ يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا وَكَانُوا عَنْهَا غَافِلِينَ
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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- I shall turn from My signs those who wax proud in the earth unjustly; though they see every sign, they will not believe in it, and though they see the way of rectitude they will not take it for a way, and though they see the way of error, they will take it for a way. That, because they have cried lies to Our signs and heeded them not.'
- Muhammad Asad
- From My messages shall I cause to turn away all those who, without any right, behave haughtily on earth: for, though they may see every sign [of the truth], they do not believe in it, and though they may see the path of rectitude, they do not choose to follow it-whereas, if they see a path of error, they take it for their own: this, because they have given the lie to Our messages, and have remained heedless of them,"
- Sahih International
- I will turn away from My signs those who are arrogant upon the earth without right; and if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. And if they see the way of consciousness, they will not adopt it as a way; but if they see the way of error, they will adopt it as a way. That is because they have denied Our signs and they were heedless of them.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | سَأَصْرِفُsa-aṣrifu | I will turn away | صرف |
| 2 | عَنْʿan | from | — |
| 3 | ءَايَـٰتِىَāyātiya | My Signs | أيي |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 5 | يَتَكَبَّرُونَyatakabbarūna | are arrogant | كبر |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 8 | بِغَيْرِbighayri | without | غير |
| 9 | ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi | [the] right | حقق |
| 10 | وَإِنwa-in | and if | — |
| 11 | يَرَوْا۟yaraw | they see | رأي |
| 12 | كُلَّkulla | every | كلل |
| 13 | ءَايَةٍۢāyatin | sign | أيي |
| 14 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 15 | يُؤْمِنُوا۟yu'minū | (will) they believe | أمن |
| 16 | بِهَاbihā | in it | — |
| 17 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 18 | يَرَوْا۟yaraw | they see | رأي |
| 19 | سَبِيلَsabīla | (the) way | سبل |
| 20 | ٱلرُّشْدِl-rush'di | (of) the righteousness | رشد |
| 21 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 22 | يَتَّخِذُوهُyattakhidhūhu | (will) they take it | أخذ |
| 23 | سَبِيلًۭاsabīlan | (as) a way | سبل |
| 24 | وَإِنwa-in | but if | — |
| 25 | يَرَوْا۟yaraw | they see | رأي |
| 26 | سَبِيلَsabīla | (the) way | سبل |
| 27 | ٱلْغَىِّl-ghayi | (of) [the] error | غوي |
| 28 | يَتَّخِذُوهُyattakhidhūhu | they will take it | أخذ |
| 29 | سَبِيلًۭا ۚsabīlan | (as) a way | سبل |
| 30 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 31 | بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum | (is) because they | — |
| 32 | كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabū | denied | كذب |
| 33 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātinā | Our Signs | أيي |
| 34 | وَكَانُوا۟wakānū | and they were | كون |
| 35 | عَنْهَاʿanhā | of them | — |
| 36 | غَـٰفِلِينَghāfilīna | heedless | غفل |