Al-Israa 17:37
The Night Journey · ayah 37 of 111
وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۖ إِنَّكَ لَن تَخْرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَن تَبْلُغَ ٱلْجِبَالَ طُولًۭا
Wala tamshi fee al-ardi marahaninnaka lan takhriqa al-arda walan tablugha aljibalatoola
"And do not walk upon the earth exultantly. Indeed, you will never tear the earth [apart], and you will never reach the mountains in height."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"Do not strut arrogantly about the earth: you cannot break it open, nor match the mountains in height."
Pickthall (classic)+
"And walk not in the earth exultant. Lo! thou canst not rend the earth, nor canst thou stretch to the height of the hills."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"Nor walk on the earth with insolence: for thou canst not rend the earth asunder, nor reach the mountains in height."