Quran Verses about Showing off (riya)

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تُبۡطِلُواْ صَدَقَٰتِكُم بِٱلۡمَنِّ وَٱلۡأَذَىٰ كَٱلَّذِي يُنفِقُ مَالَهُۥ رِئَآءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤۡمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِۖ فَمَثَلُهُۥ كَمَثَلِ صَفۡوَانٍ عَلَيۡهِ تُرَابٞ فَأَصَابَهُۥ وَابِلٞ فَتَرَكَهُۥ صَلۡدٗاۖ لَّا يَقۡدِرُونَ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ مِّمَّا كَسَبُواْۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٢٦٤

Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū lā tubṭilū ṣadaqātikum bil-manni wal-adhā kal-ladhī yunfiqu mālahū riʾāʾan-nāsi wa lā yuʾminu billāhi wal-yawmil-ākhir, famathaluhū kamathali ṣafwānin ʿalayhi turābun fa aṣābahū wābilun fatarakahū ṣaldā, lā yaqdirūna ʿalā shayʾim mimmā kasabū, wallāhu lā yahdil-qawmal-kāfirīn.

O you who have believed, do not invalidate your charities with reminders [of it] or injury as does one who spends his wealth [only] to be seen by the people and does not believe in Allāh and the Last Day. His example is like that of a [large] smooth stone upon which is dust and is hit by a downpour that leaves it bare. They are unable [to keep] anything of what they have earned. And Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.

ٱلَّذِينَ يَبۡخَلُونَ وَيَأۡمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلۡبُخۡلِ وَيَكۡتُمُونَ مَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦۗ وَأَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٗا مُّهِينٗا ٣٧

Al-ladhīna yabkhalūna wa yaʾmurūnan-nāsa bil-bukhli wa yaktumūna mā ātāhumullāhu min faḍlih, wa aʿtadnā lil-kāfirīna ʿadhābam muhīnā.

Who are stingy and enjoin upon [other] people stinginess and conceal what Allāh has given them of His bounty - and We have prepared for the disbelievers a humiliating punishment -

وَٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡ رِئَآءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَلَا بِٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِۗ وَمَن يَكُنِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ لَهُۥ قَرِينٗا فَسَآءَ قَرِينٗا ٣٨

Wal-ladhīna yunfiqūna amwālahum riʾāʾan-nāsi wa lā yuʾminūna billāhi wa lā bil-yawmil-ākhir, wa may yakunish-shayṭānu lahū qarīnan fasāʾa qarīnā.

And [also] those who spend of their wealth to be seen by the people and believe not in Allāh nor in the Last Day. And he to whom Satan is a companion - then evil is he as a companion.

إِنَّ ٱلۡمُنَٰفِقِينَ يُخَٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَهُوَ خَٰدِعُهُمۡ وَإِذَا قَامُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ قَامُواْ كُسَالَىٰ يُرَآءُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَلَا يَذۡكُرُونَ ٱللَّهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا ١٤٢

Innal-munāfiqīna yukhādiʿūnallāha wa huwa khādiʿuhum wa idhā qāmū ilaṣ-ṣalāti qāmū kusālā yurāʾūnan-nāsa wa lā yadhkurūnallāha illā qalīlā.

Indeed, the hypocrites [think to] deceive Allāh, but He is deceiving them. And when they stand for prayer, they stand lazily, showing [themselves to] the people and not remembering Allāh except a little,

قُلۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمۡ إِلَٰهٞ وَٰحِدٞۖ فَمَن كَانَ يَرۡجُواْ لِقَآءَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلۡيَعۡمَلۡ عَمَلٗا صَٰلِحٗا وَلَا يُشۡرِكۡ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَحَدَۢا ١١٠

Qul innamā ana basharum mithlukum yūḥā ilayya annamā ilāhukum ilāhuw wāḥid, faman kāna yarjū liqāʾa rabbihī falyaʿmal ʿamalan ṣāliḥaw wa lā yushrik biʿibādati rabbihī aḥadā.

Say, "I am only a man like you, to whom has been revealed that your god is one God. So whoever would hope for the meeting with his Lord - let him do righteous work and not associate in the worship of his Lord anyone."

فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلۡمُصَلِّينَ ٤

Fawaylul lil-muṣallīn.

So woe to those who pray

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَن صَلَاتِهِمۡ سَاهُونَ ٥

Al-ladhīna hum ʿan ṣalātihim sāhūn.

[But] who are heedless of their prayer¹ -

ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ يُرَآءُونَ ٦

Al-ladhīna hum yurāʾūn.

Those who make show [of their deeds]

لَا تَحۡسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفۡرَحُونَ بِمَآ أَتَواْ وَّيُحِبُّونَ أَن يُحۡمَدُواْ بِمَا لَمۡ يَفۡعَلُواْ فَلَا تَحۡسَبَنَّهُم بِمَفَازَةٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡعَذَابِۖ وَلَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ١٨٨

Lā taḥsabannal-ladhīna yafraḥūna bimā ataw wa yuḥibbūna ay yuḥmadū bimā lam yafʿalū falā taḥsabannahum bimafāzatim minal-ʿadhāb, wa lahum ʿadhābun alīm.

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.

وَلَا تَكُونُواْ كَٱلَّذِينَ خَرَجُواْ مِن دِيَٰرِهِم بَطَرٗا وَرِئَآءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَيَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِۚ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا يَعۡمَلُونَ مُحِيطٞ ٤٧

Wa lā takūnū kal-ladhīna kharajū min diyārihim baṭaraw wa riʾāʾan-nāsi wa yaṣuddūna ʿan sabīlillāh, wallāhu bimā yaʿmalūna muḥīṭ.

And do not be like those who came forth from their homes insolently and to be seen by people and avert [them] from the way of Allāh. And Allāh is encompassing¹ of what they do.