The Holy Quran 3:188 — Surah Ali 'Imran

Arabic text

لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَآ أَتَوا۟ وَّيُحِبُّونَ أَن يُحْمَدُوا۟ بِمَا لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا۟ فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّهُم بِمَفَازَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Translation

Never think that those people (Kuffaar and sinful Muslims) are safe from punishment who boast about what (evil) they do and who enjoy to be praised for what they did not do. They shall suffer a painful punishment (do not think that they have escaped from the punishment).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

the Jews gave wrong religious rulings, took bribes and deliberately concealed the attributes of the Prophet ﷺ and the glad tidings about him, and then rejoiced that no one could catch out their cunning, and hoped that people would praise them as great scholars, devout and devoted to the truth.

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