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Sura 23
Aya 67
67
مُستَكبِرينَ بِهِ سامِرًا تَهجُرونَ

Muhammad Asad

[and,] impelled by your arrogance, you would talk senselessly far into the night."1
  • Lit., "as one who keeps awake at night" (samiran). In combination with the phrase kuntum... tahjurun, this expression indicates the pursuit of endless, fruitless discussions divorced from all reality, or a mere play with words leading nowhere. (See also 31:6 and the corresponding note 4.)