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وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍۢ فَخُورٍۢ﴿١٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And do not turn your cheek [in contempt] toward people and do not walk through the earth exultantly. Indeed, Allah does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تُصَعِّرْtuṣaʿʿirturn
خَدَّكَkhaddakayour cheek
لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifrom men
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَمْشِtamshiwalk
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
مَرَحًا ۖmaraḥanexultantly
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَا(does) not
يُحِبُّyuḥibbulike
كُلَّkullaevery
مُخْتَالٍۢmukh'tālinself-conceited
فَخُورٍۢfakhūrinboaster

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

This is useful advice which Allah tells us Luqman gave, so that people may follow it and take it as"See the full heading "This is useful advice which Allah tells us Luqman gave, so thatpeople may follow it and take it as a good exampleHe said:يبُنَىَّ إِنَّهَآ إِن تَكُ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ(O my son! If it be (anything) equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed, ) means, if a wrong action or a sin be equal to the size of a grain of mustard seed.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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