LUQMAN
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful
1 A. L. M.
2 These are verses of Al-Kitab which makes wise,
3 A guide and a mercy to the doers of good,
4 Those who establish regular prayer, and give regular charity, and have assurance of the hereafter.
5 These are on guidance from their Lord; and these are the ones who will prosper.
6 But there are, among men, those who purchase idle tales, without knowledge, to mislead men from the path of Allah and throw ridicule: for such there will be a humiliating penalty.
7 When our signs are rehearsed to such a one, he turns away in arrogance, as if he heard them not, as if there were deafness in both his ears: announce to him a grievous penalty.
8 For those who believe and work righteous deeds, there will be gardens of bliss,
9 To dwell in them. The promise of Allah is true: and he is exalted in power, wise.
10 He created the heavens without any pillars that you can see; he set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and he scattered through it beasts of all kinds. We send down rain from the sky, and produce on the earth every kind of noble creature, in pairs.
11 Such is the creation of Allah: now show me what is there that others besides him have created: no, but the transgressors are in clear error.
12 We bestowed wisdom on Luqman: Show gratitude to Allah. Anyone who is grateful does so to profit of his own soul: but if any is ungrateful, truly Allah is free of all wants, worthy of all praise.
13 Behold, Luqman said to his son by way of instruction: O my son join not in worship others with Allah: for false worship is indeed the highest wrong doing.
14 And we have enjoined on man gratitude to his parents: in travail upon travail did his mother bear him, and in years twain was his weaning: hear the command, show gratitude to me and to your parents: to me is your final goal.
15 But if they strive to make you join in worship with me things of which you have no knowledge, obey them not; yet bear them company in this life with justice, and follow the way of those who turn to me: in the end the return of you all is to me, and I will tell you the truth of all that you did.
16 O my son, if there be the weight of a mustard seed and it were in a rock, or in the heavens or on earth, Allah will bring it forth: for Allah understands the finest mysteries, and is well acquainted with them.
17 O my son establish regular prayer, enjoin what is just, and forbid what is wrong: and bear with patient constancy whatever betide you; for this is firmness of purpose in the conduct of affairs.
18 And swell not your cheek for pride at men nor walk in insolence through the earth; for Allah loves not any arrogant boaster.
19 And be moderate in the pace, and lower your voice; for the harshest of sounds without doubt is the braying of the ass.
20 Do you not see that Allah has subjected to your use all things in the heavens and on earth, and has made his bounties flow to you in exceeding measure, both seen and unseen? Yet there are among men those who dispute about Allah, without knowledge and without guidance, and without a book to enlighten them.
21 When they are told to follow what Allah has sent down, they say: no, we shall follow the ways that we found our fathers following. What? Even if it is Satan beckoning them to the penalty of the fire?
22 Whoever submits his whole self to Allah, and is a doer of good, has grasped indeed the most trustworthy hand hold: and with Allah rests the end and decision of all affairs.
23 But if any reject faith, let not his rejection grieve you: to us is their return, and we shall tell them the truth of their deeds: for Allah knows well all that is in men’s hearts.
24 We grant them their pleasure for a little while: in the end shall we drive them to a chastisement unrelenting.
25 If you ask them, who it is that created the heavens and the earth. They will certainly say, Allah. Say: Alhamdulillah! But most of them understand not.
26 To Allah belong all things in heaven and earth: truly Allah is he that is free of all wants, worthy of all praise.
27 And if all the trees on earth were pens and the ocean were ink, with seven oceans behind it to add to its supply, yet would not the words of Allah be exhausted: for Allah is exalted in power, full of wisdom.
28 And your creation or your resurrection is in no wise but as an individual soul: for Allah is he who hears and sees all things.
29 Do you not see that Allah merges night into day and he merges day into night; that he has subjected the sun, and the moon to his law, each running its course for a term appointed; and that Allah is well acquainted with all that do?
30 That is because Allah is the only reality, and because whatever else they invoke besides him is falsehood; and because Allah, he is the most high, most great.
31 Do you not see that the ships sail through the ocean by the grace of Allah that he may show you of his signs? Truly in this are signs for all who constantly persevere and give thanks.
32 When a wave covers them like the canopy of clouds, they call to Allah, offering him sincere devotion. But when he has delivered them safely to land, there are among them those that halt between right and wrong. But none reject our signs except only a perfidious ungrateful wretch.
33 O mankind do your duty to your Lord, and fear a day when no father can avail anything for his son, nor a son avail anything for his father. Truly, the promise of Allah is true. Let not then this present life deceive you, nor let arrogance deceive you about Allah.
34 Truly the knowledge of the Hour is with Allah. It is he who knows rain, and he who knows what is in the wombs. Nor does anyone know what it is that he will earn on the morrow: nor does anyone know in what land he is to die. Truly with Allah is full knowledge and he is acquainted with all things.