Luqman (Luqman)

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In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Compassionate.

(31:1) «Alif. Lam. Mim.»

(31:2) These are the signs of the book of wisdom.

(31:3) A guide and a mercy for the good doers.

(31:4) Those who hold the contact prayer, and contribute towards betterment and regarding the Hereafter they are certain.

(31:5) Those are on guidance from their Lord. And those are the successful ones.

(31:6) Among the people, there are those who accept baseless hadiths to mislead from the path of Allah without knowledge, and they take it as entertainment. These will have a humiliating retribution.

(31:7) And when Our Ayats are read to him, he turns away arrogantly, as if he had not heard them, as if he were deaf in both ears. So please him by diagnosing his painful anguish.

(31:8) Those who trust and do good works, for them will be gardens of bliss.

(31:9) Abiding eternally therein with certainty, as promised by Allah. He is the Noble, the Wise.

(31:10) He created the skies without pillars that you can see. He placed in the earth firm stabilizers so that it would not tumble with you, and He spread on it all kinds of creatures. We sent down water from the sky, thus We caused to grow all kinds of good plants.

(31:11) This is Allah's creation, so show me what those besides Him have created? Indeed, the transgressors are far astray.

(31:12) We had given Luqman the wisdom: "You shall be thankful to Allah, and whoever is thankful is being thankful for his own good. As for whosoever rejects, then Allah is Rich, Praiseworthy."

(31:13) And Luqman said to his son, while he was advising him: "O my son, do not set up any partners with Allah; for setting up partners is an immense wrongdoing."

(31:14) We enjoined the human being regarding his parents. His mother bore him with hardship upon hardship, and his weaning takes two calendar years. You shall give thanks to Me, and to your parents. To Me is the final destiny.

(31:15) If they strive to make you set up any partners besides Me, then do not obey them. But continue to treat them amicably in this world. You shall follow only the path of those who have sought Me. Ultimately, you all return to Me, then I will inform you of everything you have done.

(31:16) "O my son, Allah will bring out anything, be it as small as a mustard seed, be it deep inside a rock, or be it in the heavens or the earth, Allah will bring it. Allah is Sublime, Ever-aware."

(31:17) "O my son, hold the contact prayer and advocate righteousness and forbid evil, and bear with patience whatever befalls you. These are the most honorable traits."

(31:18) "Do not turn your cheek arrogantly from people, nor shall you roam the earth insolently. For Allah does not like the arrogant show offs."

(31:19) "Be humble in how you walk and lower your voice. For the harshest of all voices is the donkey's voice."

(31:20) Did you not see that Allah has committed in your service everything in the heavens and the earth, and He has showered you with His blessings, both apparent and hidden? Yet from the people are some who argue about Allah without knowledge, without guidance, and without an enlightening book.

(31:21) If they are told: "Follow what Allah has sent down." They say, "No, we will follow what we found our fathers doing." And if it happens that the devil will call upon them to the torments of neurosis?

(31:22) Whosoever peacefully surrenders his face to Allah, while being a gooddoer, then he has taken hold of the strongest bond. To Allah all matters will return.

(31:23) Whosoever rejects, then do not be saddened by his rejection. To Us is their ultimate return, then We will inform them of what they had done. Allah is fully aware of what is inside the chests.

(31:24) We let them enjoy for a while, then We commit them to severe retribution.

(31:25) If you ask them: "Who created the Universes and the Earth?" They will say, "Allah" Say, "Praise be to Allah." Yet, most of them do not know.

(31:26) To Allah belongs everything in the heavens and the earth. Allah is the Rich, the Praiseworthy.

(31:27) If all the trees on the earth were made into pens, and the sea (of ink) were supplied by seven more seas, words of Allah would not run out. Allah is Noble, Wise.

(31:28) Your creation and your resurrection is all as one breath. Allah is Hearer, Seer.

(31:29) Have you not seen that Allah merges the night into the day and merges the day into the night, and that He has committed the sun and the moon, each running to a predetermined term; and that Allah is Ever-aware of everything you do?

(31:30) That is because Allah is the truth, what they call on besides Him is falsehood, and that Allah is the High, the Great.

(31:31) Have you not seen the ships sailing the sea, carrying Allah's provisions, to show you some of His signs? In that are signs for every one who is patient, thankful.

(31:32) When waves surround them like mountains, they call on Allah, sincerely devoting the system to Him. But when He saves them to the shore, some of them revert. None discard Our signs except those who are betrayers, ingrates.

(31:33) O people, you shall reverence your Lord, and fear a day when a father cannot help his own child, nor can a child help his father. Certainly, Allah's promise is truth. Therefore, do not be deceived by this worldly life; and do not be deceived from Allah by arrogance.

(31:34) With Allah is the knowledge regarding the moment. He sends down the rain, and He knows what is inside the wombs. No person knows what it may gain tomorrow, nor does any person know in which land it will die. Allah is Knowledgeable, Ever-aware.

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