هَٰذَا
خَلۡقُ
ٱللَّهِ
فَأَرُونِي
مَاذَا
خَلَقَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
مِن
دُونِهِۦۚ
بَلِ
ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ
فِي
ضَلَٰلٖ
مُّبِينٖ
١١

This is Allah’s creation. Now show Me what those ˹gods˺ other than Him have created. In fact, the wrongdoers are clearly astray.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

31:12

وَلَقَدۡ

ءَاتَيۡنَا

لُقۡمَٰنَ

ٱلۡحِكۡمَةَ

أَنِ

ٱشۡكُرۡ

لِلَّهِۚ

وَمَن

يَشۡكُرۡ

فَإِنَّمَا

يَشۡكُرُ

لِنَفۡسِهِۦۖ

وَمَن

كَفَرَ

فَإِنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

غَنِيٌّ

حَمِيدٞ

١٢

Indeed, We blessed Luqmân with wisdom, ˹saying˺, “Be grateful to Allah, for whoever is grateful, it is only for their own good. And whoever is ungrateful, then surely Allah is Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy.”¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

31:13

وَإِذۡ

قَالَ

لُقۡمَٰنُ

لِٱبۡنِهِۦ

وَهُوَ

يَعِظُهُۥ

يَٰبُنَيَّ

لَا

تُشۡرِكۡ

بِٱللَّهِۖ

إِنَّ

ٱلشِّرۡكَ

لَظُلۡمٌ

عَظِيمٞ

١٣

And ˹remember˺ when Luqmân said to his son, while advising him, “O my dear son! Never associate ˹anything˺ with Allah ˹in worship˺, for associating ˹others with Him˺ is truly the worst of all wrongs.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

31:14

وَوَصَّيۡنَا

ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ

بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ

حَمَلَتۡهُ

أُمُّهُۥ

وَهۡنًا

عَلَىٰ

وَهۡنٖ

وَفِصَٰلُهُۥ

فِي

عَامَيۡنِ

أَنِ

ٱشۡكُرۡ

لِي

وَلِوَٰلِدَيۡكَ

إِلَيَّ

ٱلۡمَصِيرُ

١٤

And We have commanded people to ˹honour˺ their parents. Their mothers bore them through hardship upon hardship, and their weaning takes two years. So be grateful to Me and your parents. To Me is the final return.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

31:15

وَإِن

جَٰهَدَاكَ

عَلَىٰٓ

أَن

تُشۡرِكَ

بِي

مَا

لَيۡسَ

لَكَ

بِهِۦ

عِلۡمٞ

فَلَا

تُطِعۡهُمَاۖ

وَصَاحِبۡهُمَا

فِي

ٱلدُّنۡيَا

مَعۡرُوفٗاۖ

وَٱتَّبِعۡ

سَبِيلَ

مَنۡ

أَنَابَ

إِلَيَّۚ

ثُمَّ

إِلَيَّ

مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ

فَأُنَبِّئُكُم

بِمَا

كُنتُمۡ

تَعۡمَلُونَ

١٥

But if they pressure you to associate with Me what you have no knowledge of,¹ do not obey them. Still keep their company in this world courteously, and follow the way of those who turn to Me ˹in devotion˺. Then to Me you will ˹all˺ return, and then I will inform you of what you used to do.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

31:16

يَٰبُنَيَّ

إِنَّهَآ

إِن

تَكُ

مِثۡقَالَ

حَبَّةٖ

مِّنۡ

خَرۡدَلٖ

فَتَكُن

فِي

صَخۡرَةٍ

أَوۡ

فِي

ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ

أَوۡ

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

يَأۡتِ

بِهَا

ٱللَّهُۚ

إِنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

لَطِيفٌ

خَبِيرٞ

١٦

˹Luqmân added,˺ “O my dear son! ˹Even˺ if a deed were the weight of a mustard seed—be it ˹hidden˺ in a rock or in the heavens or the earth—Allah will bring it forth. Surely Allah is Most Subtle, All-Aware.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

31:17

يَٰبُنَيَّ

أَقِمِ

ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ

وَأۡمُرۡ

بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ

وَٱنۡهَ

عَنِ

ٱلۡمُنكَرِ

وَٱصۡبِرۡ

عَلَىٰ

مَآ

أَصَابَكَۖ

إِنَّ

ذَٰلِكَ

مِنۡ

عَزۡمِ

ٱلۡأُمُورِ

١٧

“O my dear son! Establish prayer, encourage what is good and forbid what is evil, and endure patiently whatever befalls you. Surely this is a resolve to aspire to.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

31:18

وَلَا

تُصَعِّرۡ

خَدَّكَ

لِلنَّاسِ

وَلَا

تَمۡشِ

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

مَرَحًاۖ

إِنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

لَا

يُحِبُّ

كُلَّ

مُخۡتَالٖ

فَخُورٖ

١٨

“And do not turn your nose up to people, nor walk pridefully upon the earth. Surely Allah does not like whoever is arrogant, boastful.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

31:19

وَٱقۡصِدۡ

فِي

مَشۡيِكَ

وَٱغۡضُضۡ

مِن

صَوۡتِكَۚ

إِنَّ

أَنكَرَ

ٱلۡأَصۡوَٰتِ

لَصَوۡتُ

ٱلۡحَمِيرِ

١٩

Be moderate in your pace. And lower your voice, for the ugliest of all voices is certainly the braying of donkeys.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

31:20

أَلَمۡ

تَرَوۡاْ

أَنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

سَخَّرَ

لَكُم

مَّا

فِي

ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ

وَمَا

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

وَأَسۡبَغَ

عَلَيۡكُمۡ

نِعَمَهُۥ

ظَٰهِرَةٗ

وَبَاطِنَةٗۗ

وَمِنَ

ٱلنَّاسِ

مَن

يُجَٰدِلُ

فِي

ٱللَّهِ

بِغَيۡرِ

عِلۡمٖ

وَلَا

هُدٗى

وَلَا

كِتَٰبٖ

مُّنِيرٖ

٢٠

Have you not seen that Allah has subjected for you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, and has lavished His favours upon you, both seen and unseen? ˹Still˺ there are some who dispute about Allah without knowledge, or guidance, or an enlightening scripture.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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