The Holy Quran 31:18 — Surah Luqman

Arabic text

وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُورٍ

Translation

"Do not (out of pride) turn your face away from people (refusing to listen to them) and do not walk arrogantly on earth. Verily Allaah detests every arrogant boaster."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Do not be arrogant: that is, do not look [at people] with arrogance, and do not speak like the proud, considering people contemptible; rather, meet them with a cheerful face. The prohibition of walking haughtily: that is, a person's honour does not increase in the least by swaggering and boasting; rather, he becomes disgraced and contemptible.

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