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English - Chapter 31 - Luqman

Translation by Dr Laleh Bakhtiar — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Luqman 31:1

Verse 2 — Surah Luqman 31:2

There are the signs of the wise Book

Verse 3 — Surah Luqman 31:3

a guidance and a mercy to the ones who are doers of good

Verse 4 — Surah Luqman 31:4

those who perform the formal prayer and give the purifying alms and they are certain of the world to come

Verse 5 — Surah Luqman 31:5

Those are on a guidance from their Lord. And those, they are the ones who prosper

Verse 6 — Surah Luqman 31:6

And of humanity is he who exchanges diversionary conversation to cause others to go astray from the way of God without any knowledge. And he takes it to himself in mockery. Those, for them will be a despised punishment

Verse 7 — Surah Luqman 31:7

When Our signs are recounted to him, he turned as one who grows arrogant, as if he had not been hearing them, as if there had been heaviness in his ears. So give him the good tidings of a painful punishment

Verse 8 — Surah Luqman 31:8

Truly, those who believed and did as the ones in accord with morality, for them are Gardens of Bliss

Verse 9 — Surah Luqman 31:9

ones who will dwell in them forever. The promise of God is true. And He is The Almighty, The Wise

Verse 10 — Surah Luqman 31:10

He created the heavens without any pillars so that you see the heavens. And He cast firm mountains on the earth so that the earth should not vibrate with you. And He disseminated in and on it of all moving creatures. And We caused water to descend from heaven. We caused all generous, diverse pairs to develop in it

Verse 11 — Surah Luqman 31:11

This is the creation of God. Then, cause me to see what other than He created? Nay! The ones who are unjust are clearly wandering astray

Verse 12 — Surah Luqman 31:12

And, certainly, We gave Luqman wisdom that: Give thanks to God. And whoever gives thanks, gives thanks only for himself. And whoever was ungrateful— then, truly, God is Sufficient, Worthy of Praise

Verse 13 — Surah Luqman 31:13

And when Luqman said to his son as he admonishes him: O my son! Ascribe not partners with God. Truly, association with God is, certainly, a tremendous injustice

Verse 14 — Surah Luqman 31:14

And We charged the human being about ones who are his parents. His mother carried him in feebleness on feebleness and his weaning is in two years. Give thanks to Me and to ones who are thy parents. And to Me is the Homecoming

Verse 15 — Surah Luqman 31:15

But if they both struggled with thee that thou hast ascribed partners with Me of what for thee is no knowledge, then, obey them not. And keep their company in the present as one who is honorable but follow the way of him who was penitent to Me. Again, to Me will be your return and I will tell you of what you had been doing

Verse 16 — Surah Luqman 31:16

O my son! Truly, even if it be the weight of a grain of a mustard seed and though it be in a rock or in the heavens or in or on the earth God will bring it. Truly, God is Subtle, Aware

Verse 17 — Surah Luqman 31:17

O my son! Perform the formal prayer. And command that which is honorable. And prohibit that which is unlawful. And have thou patience with whatever lit on thee. Truly, that is the constancy of affairs

Verse 18 — Surah Luqman 31:18

And turn not thy cheek away from humanity nor walk through the earth exultantly. Truly, God loves not any proud boaster

Verse 19 — Surah Luqman 31:19

And be moderate in thy walking and lower thy voice. Truly the most horrible of voices is, certainly, the voice of the donkey

Verse 20 — Surah Luqman 31:20

Consider you not that God caused to become subservient to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in and on the earth and lavished on you His divine blessing, that which is manifest and that which is inward and yet most of humanity is he who disputes about God without knowledge and with no guidance and without an illuminating Book

Verse 21 — Surah Luqman 31:21

And when it was said to them: Follow what God caused to descend. They said: Nay! We will follow what we found our fathers on. Even if it Satan had been calling them to the punishment of the blaze

Verse 22 — Surah Luqman 31:22

And whoever submits his face to God while he is one who is a doer of good, then, surely, he held fast to the most firm handhold. And to God is the Ultimate End of affairs

Verse 23 — Surah Luqman 31:23

And whoever was ungrateful, let not his ingratitude dishearten thee. To Us is their return and We will tell them what they did. Truly, God is Knowing of what is in the breasts

Verse 24 — Surah Luqman 31:24

We give them enjoyment for a little while. Again, We will compel them to a harsh punishment

Verse 25 — Surah Luqman 31:25

And if thou hadst asked them who created the heavens and the earth, they will certainly say: God! Say: The Praise belongs to God! But most of them know not

Verse 26 — Surah Luqman 31:26

To God belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth. Truly, God, He is The Sufficient, The Worthy of Praise

Verse 27 — Surah Luqman 31:27

And if trees on the earth were only pens and the sea causes to increase after that with seven more seas that were ink, yet the Words of God would not come to an end. Truly, God is Almighty, Wise

Verse 28 — Surah Luqman 31:28

Your creation and your Upraising are not but like that of a single soul. Truly, God is Hearing, Seeing

Verse 29 — Surah Luqman 31:29

Hast thou not considered that God causes the nighttime to be interposed into the daytime and causes the daytime to be interposed into the nighttime and caused the sun to become subservient and the moon, each run for a term, that which is determined and that God is Aware of what you do

Verse 30 — Surah Luqman 31:30

That is because God, He is The Truth and what they call to other than Him is falsehood. And that God, He is The Lofty, The Great

Verse 31 — Surah Luqman 31:31

Hast thou not considered that the boats run through the sea by the divine blessing of God that He causes you to see His signs? Truly in that are signs for every enduring, grateful one

Verse 32 — Surah Luqman 31:32

And when a wave overcame them like an overshadowing, they called to God as ones who are sincere and devoted in the way of life to Him. Then, when He delivered them to dry land among them are ones who halt between two opinions. And none negates Our signs but every ungrateful turncoat

Verse 33 — Surah Luqman 31:33

O humanity! Be Godfearing of your Lord, and dread a Day when recompense will not be given by a child to one to whom the child is born, nor will one to whom a child is born be one who gives recompense for the one who is born at all. Truly, the promise of God is True so let not this present life delude you nor let the deluder delude you about God

Verse 34 — Surah Luqman 31:34

Truly, the knowledge of the Hour is with God. And He sends plenteous rain water down. And He knows what is in the wombs. And no soul is informed of what it will earn tomorrow. And no soul is informed in what region it will die. Truly, God is Knowing, Aware