ٱلْحَدِيد : ٢٣

  • لِّكَيۡلَا So that you may not
  • تَأۡسَوۡاْ grieve
  • عَلَىٰ over
  • مَا what
  • فَاتَكُمۡ has escaped you
  • وَلَا and (do) not
  • تَفۡرَحُواْ exult
  • بِمَآ at what
  • ءَاتَىٰكُمۡۗ He has given you
  • وَٱللَّهُ And Allah
  • لَا (does) not
  • يُحِبُّ love
  • كُلَّ every
  • مُخۡتَالٖ self-deluded
  • فَخُورٍ boaster
In order that you not despair over what has eluded you and not exult [in pride] over what He has given you. And Allāh does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful -
so that you may not (kay-laa: kay makes a verb subjunctive, with the same sense as an [as in an-laa, 'so that . not']), that is to say, God informs [you] of this so that you may not, grieve for what escapes you, nor exult, with a wanton exultation, rather an exultation that is [followed by] a thanksgiving for the grace, at what He has given you (read [thus] as aataakum; or read as ataakum, meaning, '[at] what has come to you from Him'). For God does not like any swaggering braggart, [swaggering] in arrogance because of what he has been given, [boastful] of it to people;