Surah Luqmān (Luqman) in English

1. ولقد آتينا لقمان الحكمة أن اشكر لله ومن يشكر فإنما يشكر لنفسه ومن كفر فإن الله غني حميد

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   Certainly We gave Luqman wisdom, saying, ‘Give thanks to Allah; and whoever gives thanks, gives thanks only for his own sake. And whoever is ungrateful, [let him know that] Allah is indeed all-sufficient, all-laudable.’

   wa-la-qad ʾātaynā luqmāna l-ḥikmata ʾani shkur li-llāhi wa-man yashkur fa-ʾinnamā yashkuru li-nafsihī wa-man kafara fa-ʾinna llāha ghaniyyun ḥamīdun

2. وإذ قال لقمان لابنه وهو يعظه يا بني لا تشرك بالله إن الشرك لظلم عظيم

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   When Luqman said to his son, as he advised him: ‘O my son! Do not ascribe any partners to Allah. Polytheism is indeed a great injustice.’

   wa-ʾidh qāla luqmānu li-bnihī wa-huwa yaʿiẓuhū yā-bunayya lā tushrik bi-llāhi ʾinna sh-shirka la-ẓulmun ʿaẓīmun

3. ووصينا الإنسان بوالديه حملته أمه وهنا على وهن وفصاله في عامين أن اشكر لي ولوالديك إلي المصير

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   We have enjoined man concerning his parents: His mother carried him through weakness upon weakness, and his weaning takes two years. Give thanks to Me and to your parents. To Me is the return.

   wa-waṣṣaynā l-ʾinsāna bi-wālidayhi ḥamalathu ʾummuhū wahnan ʿalā wahnin wa-fiṣāluhū fī ʿāmayni ʾani shkur lī wa-li-wālidayka ʾilayya l-maṣīru

4. وإن جاهداك على أن تشرك بي ما ليس لك به علم فلا تطعهما وصاحبهما في الدنيا معروفا واتبع سبيل من أناب إلي ثم إلي مرجعكم فأنبئكم بما كنتم تعملون

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   But if they urge you to ascribe to Me as partner that of which you have no knowledge, then do not obey them. Keep their company honourably in this world and follow the way of those who turn to Me penitently. Then to Me will be your return, whereat I will inform you concerning what you used to do.

   wa-ʾin jāhadāka ʿalā ʾan tushrika bī mā laysa laka bihī ʿilmun fa-lā tuṭiʿhumā wa-ṣāḥibhumā fī d-dunyā maʿrūfan wa-ttabiʿ sabīla man ʾanāba ʾilayya thumma ʾilayya marjiʿukum fa-ʾunabbiʾukum bi-mā kuntum taʿmalūna

5. يا بني إنها إن تك مثقال حبة من خردل فتكن في صخرة أو في السماوات أو في الأرض يأت بها الله إن الله لطيف خبير

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   ‘O my son! Even if it should be the weight of a mustard seed, and [even though] it should be in a rock, or in the heavens, or in the earth, Allah will produce it. Indeed Allah is all-attentive, all-aware.

   yā-bunayya ʾinnahā ʾin taku mithqāla ḥabbatin min khardalin fa-takun fī ṣakhratin ʾaw fī s-samāwāti ʾaw fī l-ʾarḍi yaʾti bihā llāhu ʾinna llāha laṭīfun khabīrun

6. يا بني أقم الصلاة وأمر بالمعروف وانه عن المنكر واصبر على ما أصابك إن ذلك من عزم الأمور

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   O my son! Maintain the prayer and bid what is right and forbid what is wrong, and be patient through whatever may befall you. That is indeed the steadiest of courses.

   yā-bunayya ʾaqimi ṣ-ṣalāta wa-ʾmur bi-l-maʿrūfi wa-nha ʿani l-munkari wa-ṣbir ʿalā mā ʾaṣābaka ʾinna dhālika min ʿazmi l-ʾumūri

7. ولا تصعر خدك للناس ولا تمش في الأرض مرحا إن الله لا يحب كل مختال فخور

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   Do not turn your cheek away disdainfully from the people, and do not walk exultantly on the earth. Indeed Allah does not like any swaggering braggart.

   wa-lā tuṣaʿʿir khaddaka li-n-nāsi wa-lā tamshi fī l-ʾarḍi maraḥan ʾinna llāha lā yuḥibbu kulla mukhtālin fakhūrin

8. واقصد في مشيك واغضض من صوتك إن أنكر الأصوات لصوت الحمير

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   Be modest in your bearing, and lower your voice. Indeed the ungainliest of voices is the donkey’s voice.’

   wa-qṣid fī mashyika wa-ghḍuḍ min ṣawtika ʾinna ʾankara l-ʾaṣwāti la-ṣawtu l-ḥamīri