The Night Journey
17. Al-Isrā’
الإسراء
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وَلَا
تَمْشِ
فِي
الْأَرْضِ
مَرَحًا
إِنَّكَ
لَن
تَخْرِقَ
الْأَرْضَ
وَلَن
تَبْلُغَ
الْجِبَالَ
طُولًا
wa-lā tamshi fī l-ʾarḍi maraḥan ʾinnaka lan takhriqa l-ʾarḍa wa-lan tablugha l-jibāla ṭūlan
Do not walk exultantly on the earth. Indeed, you will neither pierce the earth, nor reach the mountains in height.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Nor walk on the earth with insolence: for thou canst not rend the earth asunder, nor reach the mountains in height.
