The Holy Quran 17:37 — Surah Al-Isra

Arabic text

وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۖ إِنَّكَ لَن تَخْرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَن تَبْلُغَ ٱلْجِبَالَ طُولًا

Translation

And do not walk haughtily (proudly) on earth (shutting with your heads in the air). You can certainly not tear the earth open (with your strutting), nor can you reach the height of the mountains (by lifting your heads in the air. This proud manner of walking is therefore futile because you cannot achieve anything by it).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Do not walk arrogantly: that is, walking with the gait of the arrogant does not befit man. Stamp as hard as he may, he cannot split the earth, nor, by raising his neck and puffing out his chest, can he grow tall and equal the mountains. So with such weakness and helplessness, and with so little means, what is the use of stretching oneself out so far?

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