Surah Ghafir, Ayah 75 (40:75)

غَافِر

ذَٰلِكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَمْرَحُونَ

Quran 40:75 is ayah 75 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 475 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:75
ذَٰلِكُمبِمَاكُنتُمْتَفْرَحُونَفِىٱلْأَرْضِبِغَيْرِٱلْحَقِّوَبِمَاكُنتُمْتَمْرَحُونَ٧٥
dhālikum bimā kuntum tafraḥūna fī l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqi wabimā kuntum tamraḥūna

[The angels will say], "That was because you used to exult upon the earth without right and you used to behave insolently.(75)

Word by word

  1. ذَٰلِكُمdhālikumThat was
  2. بِمَاbimābecause
  3. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
  4. تَفْرَحُونَtafraḥūnarejoice
  5. فِىfīin
  6. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  7. بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
  8. ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqiright
  9. وَبِمَاwabimāand because
  10. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
  11. تَمْرَحُونَtamraḥūnabe insolent

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