# 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 75

- **Surah:** 40. Surah Ghafir (The Forgiver) — سورة غافر
- **Verse:** 75 / 85 · **Juz:** 24 · **Mushaf page:** 474
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-75

## Arabic

ذٰلِكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَمْرَحُونَۚ

## Transcription

Thalikum bima kuntum tafrahoonafee al-ardi bighayri alhaqqi wabima kuntumtamrahoon

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

‘That is because you exulted on the earth, without any right to do so; and strutted about.

### Progressive Muslims

That was because you used to gloat on Earth without any right, and for what you used to rejoice.

### Shabbir Ahmed

This is because in your life on the earth you used to take delight in what was not True, and roamed about haughtily with your false doctrines.

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“That is because you exulted in the earth without cause, and because you were filled with haughtiness.

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

That was because you used to gloat on the earth without any right, and for what you used to rejoice.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

This is because you used to rejoice in false doctrines on earth, and you used to promote them.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

"This is so because you went about exulting wrongfully in the land, " (will they be told), "and you were insolent.

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

[The angels will say], "That was because you used to exult upon the earth without right and you used to behave insolently.

### Muhammad Asad

this is an out­come of your having arrogantly exulted on earth without any [concern for what is] right, and of your having been so full of self-conceit!

### Marmaduke Pickthall

(And it is said unto them): This is because ye exulted in the earth without right, and because ye were petulant.

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

(They will be told): "This is because while you were on earth you took delight in untruth and exulted in it.[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] That is, you not only followed that which was untrue and false, but you became so enamored of the untruth that when the truth was presented before you, you paid no heed to it, but continued to exult in your worship of the falsehood.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

This train of evils you people drew after yourselves is in requital of the pleasure you unjustly derived from the early religion of sensuous character and because of your insolence to make people the instrument of your evil ambition.

### Bijan Moeinian

deserve to be left alone by God to follow the wrong path.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

That was because you had been exulting in the earth without any right (by worshipping others instead of Allâh and by committing crimes), and that you used to rejoice extremely (in your error).

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"That was because ye were wont to rejoice on the earth in things other than the Truth, and that ye were wont to be insolent.

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

˹They will be told,˺ "This ˹punishment˺ is for being prideful on earth unjustly and for acting arrogantly.

### Taqi Usmani

(It will be said to them,) "This is because you used to rejoice on the earth wrongfully, and because you used to show arrogance.

### Abdul Haleem

all because on earth you revelled in untruth and ran wild.

### Arthur John Arberry

'That is because you rejoiced in the earth without right, and were exultant.

### E. Henry Palmer

There! for 'that ye did rejoice in the land without right; and for that ye did exult;

### Hamid S. Aziz

(It is said, ) "That is because you exulted in the earth unjustly and because you behaved insolently. "

### Mahmoud Ghali

That is (due to the fact) that you used to exult in the earth untruthfully, (Literally: without the truth) and (due to the fact) that you used to live in merriment.

### George Sale

This hath befallen you, for that ye rejoiced insolently on earth, in that which was false; and for that ye were elated with immoderate joy.

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

(It will be said to them, ) "That was because you were used to being happy on the earth in things which were not the Truth, and that you were used to being haughty (and disrespectful).

### Amatul Rahman Omar

(It will be said to them, ) `That is because you exulted in the land without any justification and because you behaved with vanity.

### Ali Quli Qarai

‘That is because you used to exult unduly on the earth and because you used to walk exultantly. ’

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Bu, yeryüzünde haksız olarak sevinip şımarmanız ve kasılıp böbürlenmeniz yüzündendir.

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

İşte bu, sizin yeryüzünde haksız yere şımarıp azmanız ve azgınca ölçüyü taşırmanız dolayısıyladır.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

Bu durum, sizin yeryüzünde haksız yere şımarıp taşkınlık yapmanızdan dolayıdır.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

Bu, sizin yeryüzünde haksız yere şımarmanızdan ve böbürlenmenizden ötürüdür.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Bu şundan: Çünkü yeryüzünde haksızlıkla seviniyordunuz ve çünkü güveniyordunuz

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Bunun sebebi şudur. Çünkü siz, yeryüzünde haksızlıkla seviniyordunuz ve çünkü güveniyordunuz.

### Gültekin Onan

İşte bu, sizin yeryüzünde haksız yere şımarıp azmaniz ve azgınca ölçüyü taşırmanız dolayısıyladır.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

Size olan bu (azab) şunlardır: (Çünkü) siz yer (yüzün) de haksız yere şımarıklık ediyor, (ahırdan çıkmış hayvanlar gibi çılgınca) taşkınlık gösteriyordunuz.

### İbni Kesir

Bu; sizin yeryüzünde haksız yere şımarmanız ve böbürlenmenizden ötürüdür.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

bu durum, sizin yeryüzünde hiçbir doğru(luk endişesi) taşımadan küstahça böbürlenmenizin ve kendinizi beğenmişliğinizin bir ürünüdür!

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

İşte bu, yeryüzünde haksız yere şımarmanız ve boşuna böbürlenmeniz sebebiyledir.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

"Bu durum, sizin yeryüzünde haksız olarak şımarmanızdan ve bölürlenmenizden ötürüdür."

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Bütün bunlar, yeryüzünde haksız yere sevinç şımarıklığına düşmeniz, kasılıp kabarmanız yüzündendir.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Bunun nedeni, yeryüzünde hak etmediğiniz halde azıp şımarmanız ve kasıntılık yapmanızdır:

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

İşte bu, yeryüzünde hak hukuk tanımaksızın şımarıp azmanız nedeniyledir.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

"Yeryüzünde haksız yere şımardığınız ve taşkınlık yaptığınız için böyle olmuştur!"

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Başınıza gelen bu şeyler, yaşadığınız yerde hak etmediğiniz zevkleri tatmanıza ve böbürlenmenize karşılıktır.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

Bu, sizin yeryüzünde haksız olarak şımarmanız ve aşırı derecede sevinip kibirlenmenizden ötürüdür.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

İşte bu, yeryüzünde hak hukuk tanımaksızın şımarıp azmanız nedeniyledir.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

İşte bu, yeryüzünde hak hukuk tanımaksızın şımarıp azmanız nedeniyledir.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Başınıza gelenler yeryüzünde hem haksız yere seviniyor hem de böbürleniyor olmanızdan dolayıdır[1].

_Footnotes_
- [1] [Al-i İmran 3/188,](https://quran.so/3/188) [Mü'min 40/83.](https://quran.so/40/83)

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ذَٰلِكُم — dhālikum | That was | — |
| 2 | بِمَا — bimā | because | — |
| 3 | كُنتُمْ — kuntum | you used to | كون — Kef-Vav-Nun |
| 4 | تَفْرَحُونَ — tafraḥūna | rejoice | فرح — Fe-Ra-Ha |
| 5 | فِى — fī | in | — |
| 6 | ٱلْأَرْضِ — l-arḍi | the earth | ارض — Elif-Ra-Dad |
| 7 | بِغَيْرِ — bighayri | without | غير — Gayn-Ye-Ra |
| 8 | ٱلْحَقِّ — l-ḥaqi | right | حقق — Ha-Kaf-Kaf |
| 9 | وَبِمَا — wabimā | and because | — |
| 10 | كُنتُمْ — kuntum | you used to | كون — Kef-Vav-Nun |
| 11 | تَمْرَحُونَ — tamraḥūna | be insolent | مرح — Mim-Ra-Ha |

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