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Al-Isra 17:37

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

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.

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Condemnation of strutting

Allah forbids His servants to strut and walk in a boastful manner:وَلاَ تَمْشِ فِى الاٌّرْضِ مَرَحًا(And walk not on the earth with conceit and arrogance.) meaning, walking in boastful manner and acting proud, like those who are arrogant oppressors.إِنَّكَ لَن تَخْرِقَ الاٌّرْضَ(Verily, you can neither rend nor penetrate the earth) means, you cannot penetrate the earth with your walking. This was the opinion of Ibn Jarir.

Ma'arif al-Qur'an

Mufti Muhammad Shafi

The thirteenth injunction appearing in the second of the two cited verses (37) is: وَلَا تَمْشِ فِي الْأَرْ‌ضِ مَرَ‌حًا (And do not walk on the earth haughtily). It means that one should not walk in a way that shows arrogance, pride and exultation, for this is an idiotic act. It is as if one would like to tear the earth apart just by walking on it - something not in his power to accomplish. Or, as if by walking with a challenging gait, he would like to rise much higher - but the mountains of Allah rise far higher than he could ever beat anatomically. In reality, arrogance as such is a major sin that can afflict human heart mortally. Therefore, one must guard against even signs of arrogance exhibited through the way one goes about in life, for they too are impermissible, after all. Walking haughtily, even though one may not be walking by exerting force on the earth, and assuming airs and posing high are impermissible under all conditions. Arrogance is to take yourself superior to others and rate others to be inferior to you. Severe warnings against it appear in Hadith.

Imam Muslim (رح) has reported on the authority of Sayyidna ` Iyad ibn ` Ammar ؓ that the Holy Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah Ta` ala has sent this command to me through revelation: Take to humility. Let no man pride on another man, nor adopt an attitude of self-eminence and let no one be unjust to anyone." (Mazhari)And Sayyidna ` Abdullah ibn Masud ؓ narrates that the Holy Prophet ﷺ said, Not to enter Paradise is he who has arrogance in his heart even to the measure of a particle" (Mazhari with reference to the Sahih of Muslim).

And it has been reported in Hadith Qudsi on the authority of Sayyidna Abu Hurairah ؓ that the Holy Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah Ta’ ala says that grandeur is My mantle and greatness is My breech. Whoever tries to snatch these from Me, him I shall put in Jahannam (The words rida' and izar signify dress and Allah Ta` ala has no mass or body that would need a dress. Therefore, at this place, it means the attribute of divine glory. So, whoever betrays the wish to become associated with Allah Ta’ ala in this attribute belongs to Hell).

And in another Hadith the Holy Prophet ﷺ has been reported to have said, "On the day of Qiyamah, arrogant people will be raised as humans scaled down to the size of tiny ants under the shadow of disgrace descending from all sides. They will be driven to a prison of Hell called Bulas. It will be surrounded with blazing fire, the highest around, and they will be drinking pus and blood excreted by the inmates of Hell to quench their thirst." (Tirmidhi on the authority of ` Amr ibn Shu'aib, he from his father, he from his grandfather - Mazhari)And speaking from the pulpit, Sayyidna ` Umar ؓ said, "I have heard from the Holy Prophet ﷺ that a person who takes to humility, Allah Ta’ ala elevates him to higher ranks following which he is, though, insignificant in his own sight, but he is great in the sight of everybody else. And whoever waxes proud, him Allah Ta’ ala puts to disgrace following which he is, though, great in his own sight but he is, in the sight of people, worse than a dog and pig." (Mazhari)

Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ولا تمش في الأرض مختالا متكبرا؛ فإنك لن تَخْرِق الأرض بمشيك عليها بهذه الصفة، ولن تبلغ الجبال طولا بخيلائك وفخرك وكبرك.

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

يقول تعالى ناهيا عباده عن التجبر والتبختر في المشية ( ولا تمش في الأرض مرحا ) أي متبخترا متمايلا مشي الجبارين ( إنك لن تخرق الأرض ) أي لن تقطع الأرض بمشيتك ؛ قاله ابن جرير واستشهد عليه بقول رؤبة بن العجاجوقاتم الأعماق خاوي المخترقوقوله [ تعالى : ( ولن تبلغ الجبال طولا ) أي بتمايلك وفخرك وإعجابك بنفسك بل قد يجازى فاعل ذلك بنقيض قصده كما ثبت في الصحيح بينما رجل يمشي فيمن كان قبلكم وعليه بردان يتبختر فيهما إذ خسف به الأرض فهو يتجلجل فيها إلى يوم القيامة "وكذلك أخبر الله تعالى عن قارون أنه خرج على قومه في زينته وأن الله تعالى خسف به وبداره الأرض وفي الحديث من تواضع لله رفعه الله فهو في نفسه حقير وعند الناس كبير ومن استكبر وضعه الله فهو في نفسه كبير وعند الناس حقير حتى لهو أبغض إليهم من الكلب أو الخنزير "وقال أبو بكر بن أبي الدنيا في كتاب الخمول والتواضع " حدثنا أحمد بن إبراهيم بن كثير حدثنا حجاج بن محمد بن أبي بكر الهذلي قال بينما نحن مع الحسن إذ مر عليه ابن الأهتم يريد المنصور وعليه جباب خز قد نضد بعضها فوق بعض على ساقه وانفرج عنها قباؤه وهو يمشي ويتبختر إذ نظر إليه الحسن نظرة فقال أف أف شامخ بأنفه ثان عطفه مصعر خده ينظر في عطفيه أي حميق ينظر في عطفه في نعم غير مشكورة ولا مذكورة غير المأخوذ بأمر الله فيها ولا المؤدي حق الله منها!

والله إن يمشي أحدهم طبيعته يتلجلج تلجلج المجنون في كل عضو منه نعمة وللشيطان به لعنة فسمعه ابن الأهتم فرجع يعتذر إليه فقال لا تعتذر إلي وتب إلى ربك أما سمعت قول الله تعالى ( ولا تمش في الأرض مرحا إنك لن تخرق الأرض ولن تبلغ الجبال طولا ) .ورأى البختري العابد رجلا من آل علي يمشي وهو يخطر في مشيته فقال له يا هذا إن الذي أكرمك به لم تكن هذه مشيته! قال فتركها الرجل بعدورأى ابن عمر رجلا يخطر في مشيته فقال إن للشياطين إخواناوقال خالد بن معدان إياكم والخطر فإن الرجل يده من سائر جسده رواهما ابن أبي الدنياوقال ابن أبي الدنيا حدثنا خلف بن هشام البزار حدثنا حماد بن زيد عن يحيى عن سعيد عن يحنس قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا مشت أمتي المطيطاء وخدمتهم فارس والروم سلط بعضهم على بعض "

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