اسْتَكْبَرَ
Meaning: were arrogant
استكبر occurs 40 times in 40 verses across 24 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.
Meaning: were arrogant · Also translated as: arrogant, and arrogant, and was arrogant, you acted arrogantly
الكبير والصغير من الأسماء المتضايفة التي تقال عند اعتبار بعضها ببعض، فالشيء قد يكون صغيرا في جنب شيء، وكبيرا في جنب غيره، ويستعملان في الكمية المتصلة كالأجسام، وذلك كالكثير والقليل، وفي الكمية المنفصلة كالعدد، وربما يتعاقب الكثير والكبير على شيء واحد بنظرين مختلفين نحو: قل فيهما إثم كبير [البقرة/ 219] و: كثير قرئ…
قوله تعالى: ﴿وإن كان كبر عليك إعراضهم﴾ [الأنعام: 35] أي صعب وشق. قوله: ﴿وإنها لكبيرة﴾ [البقرة: 45] أي شاقة. ثم إن الكبر والصغر اسمان متضايفان باعتبار بعضها ببعض، فرب شيء يكون كبيرا بالنسبة لما دونه، صغيرا بالنسبة لما فرقه، ويستعملان في الكمية المتصلة كما في الأجسام نحو: الجمل أكبر من الفرس، كالقلة والكثرة في…
Verses 21–40 of 40
And he was arrogant and insolent In the land, beyond reason,— He and his hosts: they thought That they would not have To return to Us!"
Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:39(Remember also) Qārūn, Pharaoh, and Haman: there came To them Moses with Clear Signs, But they behaved with insolence On the earth; yet they Could not overreach (Us).
Surah Al-'Ankabut, verse 29:39Only those believe In Our Signs, who, when They are recited to them, Fall down in adoration, And celebrate the praises Of their Lord, nor are they (Ever) puffed up with pride.
Surah As-Sajdah, verse 32:15The Unbelievers say: "We shall neither believe In this scripture nor in (any) That (came) before it." Couldst thou but see when The wrong-doers will be made To stand before their Lord, Throwing back the word (of blame) On one another! Those who Had been despised will say To the arrogant ones: "Had it not been for you, We should certainly Have been believers!"
Surah Saba, verse 34:31The arrogant ones will say To those who had been despised: "Was it we who kept you Back from Guidance after It reached you? Nay, rather, It was ye who transgressed.
Surah Saba, verse 34:32Those who had been despised Will say to the arrogant ones: "Nay! it was a plot (Of yours) by day and by night: Behold! ye (constantly) ordered us To be ungrateful to God And to attribute equals to Him! They will declare (their) repentance When they see the Penalty: We shall put yokes On the necks of the Unbelievers: It would only be a requital For their (ill) Deeds.
Surah Saba, verse 34:33For they, when they were Told that there is No god except God, would Puff themselves up with Pride,
Surah As-Saffat, verse 37:35Not so Iblīs: he Was haughty, and became One of those who reject Faith.
Surah Sad, verse 38:74(God) said: "O Iblīs! What prevents thee from Prostrating thyself to one Whom I have created With My hands? Art thou haughty? Or art thou one Of the high (and mighty) ones?"
Surah Sad, verse 38:75"(The reply will be:) "Nay, But there came to thee My Signs, and thou didst Reject them: thou wast Haughty, and became one Of those who reject Faith!
Surah Az-Zumar, verse 39:59Behold, they will dispute With each other in the Fire! The weak ones (who followed) Will say to those who Had been arrogant, "We but Followed you: can ye then Take (on yourselves) from us Some share of the Fire?"
Surah Ghafir, verse 40:47Those who had been arrogant Will say: "We are all In this (Fire)! Truly, God has judged Between (His) Servants!"
Surah Ghafir, verse 40:48And your Lord says: "Call on Me; I Will answer your (Prayer): But those who are Too arrogant to serve Me Will surely find themselves In Hell—in humiliation!"
Surah Ghafir, verse 40:60Now the ‘Ād behaved Arrogantly through the land, Against (all) truth and reason, And said: "Who is superior To us in strength?" What! Did they not see that God, Who created them, Was superior to them In strength? But they Continued to reject Our Signs!
Surah Fussilat, verse 41:15But if the (Unbelievers) Are arrogant, (no matter): For in the presence Of thy Lord are those Who celebrate His praises By night and by day. And they never flag (Nor feel themselves Above it).
Surah Fussilat, verse 41:38But as to those who Rejected God, (to them Will be said): "Were not Our Signs rehearsed to you? But ye were arrogant, And were a people Given to sin!
Surah Al-Jathiyah, verse 45:31Say: "See ye? If (this teaching) be From God, and ye reject it, And a witness from among The Children of Israel testifies To its similarity (With earlier scripture), And has believed While ye are arrogant, (How unjust ye are!) Truly, God guides not A people unjust."
Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:10And on the Day that The Unbelievers will be Placed before the Fire, (It will be said to them): "Ye received your good things In the life of the world, And ye took your pleasure Out of them: but to-day Shall ye be recompensed With a Penalty of humiliation: For that ye were arrogant On earth without just cause, And that ye (ever) transgressed."
Surah Al-Ahqaf, verse 46:20"And every time I have Called to them, that Thou Mightest forgive them, They have (only) thrust Their fingers into their ears, Covered themselves up with Their garments, grown obstinate, And given themselves up To arrogance.
Surah Nuh, verse 71:7Then he turned back And was haughty;
Surah Al-Muddaththir, verse 74:23