Exultation

And never think that those who rejoice in what they have perpetrated and like to be praised for what they did not do - never think them [to be] in safety from the punishment, and for them is a painful punishment.

So when they forgot that by which they had been reminded,¹ We opened to them the doors of every [good] thing until, when they rejoiced in that which they were given, We seized them suddenly, and they were [then] in despair.

And the people of the city came rejoicing.¹

But they [i.e., the people] divided their religion among them into portions [i.e., sects] - each faction, in what it has,¹ rejoicing.

[Or] of those who have divided their religion and become sects, every faction rejoicing in what it has.¹

[The angels will say], "That was because you used to exult upon the earth without right and you used to behave insolently.

And when their messengers came to them with clear proofs, they [merely] rejoiced in what they had of knowledge, but they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

But if they turn away - then We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], over them as a guardian; upon you is only [the duty of] notification. And indeed, when We let man taste mercy from Us, he rejoices in it; but if evil afflicts him for what his hands have put forth, then indeed, man is ungrateful.

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 -