The Forgiver
40. Ghāfir
غافر
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ذَلِكُم
بِمَا
كُنتُمْ
تَفْرَحُونَ
فِي
الْأَرْضِ
بِغَيْرِ
الْحَقِّ
وَبِمَا
كُنتُمْ
تَمْرَحُونَ
dhālikum bi-mā kuntum tafraḥūna fī l-ʾarḍi bi-ghayri l-ḥaqqi wa-bi-mā kuntum tamraḥūna
‘That [punishment] is because you used to boast unduly on the earth and because you used to strut.
— Ali Quli Qarai
"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.