The Holy Quran 7:146 — Surah Al-A'raf

Arabic text

سَأَصْرِفُ عَنْ ءَايَـٰتِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَكَبَّرُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ كُلَّ ءَايَةٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهَا وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ سَبِيلَ ٱلرُّشْدِ لَا يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلًا وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ سَبِيلَ ٱلْغَىِّ يَتَّخِذُوهُ سَبِيلًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا غَـٰفِلِينَ

Translation

I shall soon turn those people away from My Aayaat who are unjustly proud on earth. (As a result of this,) If they see every (type of) Aayah, they will not believe it. If they see the path of guidance, they will not adopt it as their path, but if they see the path of misguidance they will adopt it as their path (which is distorted because of constant denial of truth). This is because they reject Our Aayaat and disregard them.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The punishment for arrogance: those who are unjustly arrogant towards Allah and the prophets, and whose pride and conceit do not allow them to accept Allah's commands — We too shall turn their hearts away from Our signs, so that henceforth they will not be granted the ability to benefit from them.

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