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Al-A'raf 146

Ayah 146 of 206 · Meccan

سَأَصۡرِفُ عَنۡ ءَايَٰتِيَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بِغَيۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّ وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كُلَّ ءَايَةٖ لَّا يُؤۡمِنُواْ بِهَا وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ سَبِيلَ ٱلرُّشۡدِ لَا يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلٗا وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ سَبِيلَ ٱلۡغَيِّ يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلٗاۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَكَانُواْ عَنۡهَا غَٰفِلِينَ ١٤٦

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,1 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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., reason and integrity.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. سَأَصۡرِفُI will turn awaysa-aṣrifu
  2. عَنۡfromʿan
  3. ءَايَٰتِيَMy Signsāyātiya
  4. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  5. يَتَكَبَّرُونَare arrogantyatakabbarūna
  6. فِيinfī
  7. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  8. بِغَيۡرِwithoutbighayri
  9. ٱلۡحَقِّ[the] rightl-ḥaqi
  10. وَإِنand ifwa-in
  11. يَرَوۡاْthey seeyaraw
  12. كُلَّeverykulla
  13. ءَايَةٖsignāyatin
  14. لَّاnotlā
  15. يُؤۡمِنُواْ(will) they believeyu'minū
  16. بِهَاin itbihā
  17. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  18. يَرَوۡاْthey seeyaraw
  19. سَبِيلَ(the) waysabīla
  20. ٱلرُّشۡدِ(of) the righteousnessl-rush'di
  21. لَاnotlā
  22. يَتَّخِذُوهُ(will) they take ityattakhidhūhu
  23. سَبِيلٗا(as) a waysabīlan
  24. وَإِنbut ifwa-in
  25. يَرَوۡاْthey seeyaraw
  26. سَبِيلَ(the) waysabīla
  27. ٱلۡغَيِّ(of) [the] errorl-ghayi
  28. يَتَّخِذُوهُthey will take ityattakhidhūhu
  29. سَبِيلٗاۚ(as) a waysabīlan
  30. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  31. بِأَنَّهُمۡ(is) because theybi-annahum
  32. كَذَّبُواْdeniedkadhabū
  33. بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاOur Signsbiāyātinā
  34. وَكَانُواْand they werewakānū
  35. عَنۡهَاof themʿanhā
  36. غَٰفِلِينَheedlessghāfilīna

Tafsir

Those who are unjustly proud towards the servants of Allah and the truth will be turned away by Allah from thinking about His signs on the horizons and within themselves and from understanding His verses even if they see every sign, they will not believe in them, because of their rejection of these signs and their turning away from them, and for opposing Allah and His Messenger. If they see the path of truth which leads to the pleasure of Allah, they do not follow it, and do not like it; and if they see the way of misguidance and error leading to Allah’s displeasure, they follow it. This only happens to them because they rejected the great signs and verses of Allah proving the truth of what the messengers came with, and did not pay any attention to them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran