Day 21: Arrogance and boastfulness

Series: 30 days 30 Juz 30 Ayahs
For 21st Ramadan 1443

Surah: Surah Luqman 18

وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا ۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍۢ فَخُورٍۢ 

“And do not turn your nose up to people, nor walk pridefully upon the earth. Surely Allah does not like whoever is arrogant, boastful.

Hakim luqman said this to his son while advising him. Hakim Luqman is mentioned in Qur'an because of his wisdom. 

He says don't turn your face to people. 

Wala Tusa'ir, is derived from a root which means a disease in which the neck of a camel bends. So the one who turns their face cheek away in arrogance is given example with a diseased camel. 

Here the word Nas is used which means anyone whether that person is young or old, rich or poor, educated or uneducated. 

Don't walk pridefully upon earth. Allah does not like the one who is Mukhtal and Fakhoor. 

Mukhtal is from Khayal/thought. The person who imagines himself as a superior although he is not. 

Fakhoor is from the mud that makes sound. This person is boasts about himself and makes sound while praising himself.

So, 

1)we don't have to turn our face away from people

2) don't walk on the earth with arrogance

3) don't have to be Mukhtal meaning arrogant

4) don't have to be fakhoor meaning boastful