ذٰلِكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَفْرَحُوْنَ فِى الْاَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَبِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَمْرَحُوْنَ ( غافر: ٧٥ )
dhālikum
ذَٰلِكُم
"That was
bimā
بِمَا
because
kuntum
كُنتُمْ
you used (to)
tafraḥūna
تَفْرَحُونَ
rejoice
fī
فِى
in
l-arḍi
ٱلْأَرْضِ
the earth
bighayri
بِغَيْرِ
without
l-ḥaqi
ٱلْحَقِّ
right
wabimā
وَبِمَا
and because
kuntum
كُنتُمْ
you used (to)
tamraḥūna
تَمْرَحُونَ
be insolent
Zaalikum bimaa kuntum tafrahoona fil ardi bighairil haqqi wa bimaa kuntum tamrahoon (Ghāfir 40:75)
Sahih International:
[The angels will say], "That was because you used to exult upon the earth without right and you used to behave insolently. (Ghafir [40] : 75)
1 Mufti Taqi Usmani
(It will be said to them,) “This is because you used to rejoice on the earth wrongfully, and because you used to show arrogance.