Surah Luqman

الۤمّۤ ۗ ۝١

Alif lām mīm

1. Alif, Lam, Meem.

تِلْكَ اٰيٰتُ الْكِتٰبِ الْحَكِيْمِۙ ۝٢

Tilka āyātul-kitābil-ḥakīm

2. These are the Verses of the Wise Book.

هُدًى وَّرَحْمَةً لِّلْمُحْسِنِيْنَۙ ۝٣

Hudaw wa roḥmatal lil-muḥsinīn

3. A guide and a mercy for the righteous.

الَّذِيْنَ يُقِيْمُوْنَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَيُؤْتُوْنَ الزَّكٰوةَ وَهُمْ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوْقِنُوْنَۗ ۝٤

Allażīna yuqīmūnaṣ-ṣolāta wa yu'tūnaz-zakāta wa hum bil-ākhiroti hum yūqinūn

4. Those who observe the prayer, and pay the obligatory charity, and are certain of the Hereafter.

اُولٰۤىِٕكَ عَلٰى هُدًى مِّنْ رَّبِّهِمْ وَاُولٰۤىِٕكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُوْنَ ۝٥

Ulā-ika ‘alā hudam mir robbihim wa ulā-ika humul-mufliḥūn

5. These are upon guidance from their Lord. These are the successful.

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَّشْتَرِيْ لَهْوَ الْحَدِيْثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَنْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۖ وَّيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًاۗ اُولٰۤىِٕكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِيْنٌ ۝٦

Wa minan-nāsi may yasytarī lahwal-ḥadīṡi liyuḍilla ‘an sabīlillāhi bighoiri ‘ilmiw wa yattakhiżahā huzuwā, ulā-ika lahum ‘ażābum muhīn

6. Among the people is he who trades in distracting tales; intending, without knowledge, to lead away from Allah’s way, and to make a mockery of it. These will have a humiliating punishment.

وَاِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِ اٰيٰتُنَا وَلّٰى مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَاَنْ لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا كَاَنَّ فِيْٓ اُذُنَيْهِ وَقْرًاۚ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ اَلِيْمٍ ۝٧

Wa iżā tutlā ‘alaihi āyātunā wallā mustakbiron ka'allam yasma‘hā ka'anna fī użunaihi waqrō, fabasyyirhu bi‘ażābin alīm

7. And when Our Verses are recited to him, he turns away in pride, as though he did not hear them, as though there is deafness in his ears. So inform him of a painful punishment.

اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنّٰتُ النَّعِيْمِۙ ۝٨

Innal-lażīna āmanū wa ‘amiluṣ-ṣōliḥāti lahum jannātun na‘īm

8. As for those who believe and do good deeds—for them are the Gardens of Bliss.

خٰلِدِيْنَ فِيْهَاۗ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقًّاۗ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْحَكِيْمُ ۝٩

Khōlidīna fīhā, wa‘dallāhi ḥaqqō, wa huwal-‘azīzul-ḥakīm

9. Dwelling therein forever. The promise of Allah is true. He is the Mighty, the Wise.

خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا وَاَلْقٰى فِى الْاَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ اَنْ تَمِيْدَ بِكُمْ وَبَثَّ فِيْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَاۤبَّةٍۗ وَاَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءً فَاَنْۢبَتْنَا فِيْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيْمٍ ۝١٠

Kholaqos-samāwāti bighoiri ‘amadin tarounahā wa alqō fil-arḍi rowāsiya an tamīda bikum wa baṡṡa fīhā min kulli dābbah, wa anzalnā minas-samā-i mā-an fa ambatnā fīhā min kulli zaujin karīm

10. He created the heavens without pillars that you can see, and placed stabilizers on earth lest it shifts with you, and scattered throughout it all kinds of creatures. And from the sky We sent down water, and caused to grow therein of every noble pair.

هٰذَا خَلْقُ اللّٰهِ فَاَرُوْنِيْ مَاذَا خَلَقَ الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِهٖۗ بَلِ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ فِيْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيْنٍ ࣖ ۝١١

Hāżā kholqullāhi fa arūnī māżā kholaqol-lażīna min dūnih, baliẓ-ẓōlimūna fī ḍolālim mubīn

11. Such is Allah’s creation. Now show me what those besides Him have created. In fact, the wicked are in obvious error.

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا لُقْمٰنَ الْحِكْمَةَ اَنِ اشْكُرْ لِلّٰهِ ۗوَمَنْ يَّشْكُرْ فَاِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهٖۚ وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَنِيٌّ حَمِيْدٌ ۝١٢

Wa laqod ātainā luqmānal-ḥikmata anisykur lillāh, wa may yasykur fa'innamā yasykuru linafsih, wa man kafaro fa'innallāha ghoniyyun ḥamīd

12. We endowed Luqman with wisdom: “Give thanks to Allah.” Whoever is appreciative—is appreciative for the benefit of his own soul. And whoever is unappreciative—Allah is Sufficient and Praiseworthy.

وَاِذْ قَالَ لُقْمٰنُ لِابْنِهٖ وَهُوَ يَعِظُهٗ يٰبُنَيَّ لَا تُشْرِكْ بِاللّٰهِ ۗاِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيْمٌ ۝١٣

Wa iż qōla luqmānu libnihī wa huwa ya‘iẓuhū yā bunayya lā tusyrik billāh, innasy-syirka laẓulmun ‘aẓīm

13. When Luqman said to his son, as he advised him, “O my son, do not associate anything with Allah, for idolatry is a terrible wrong.”

وَوَصَّيْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِۚ حَمَلَتْهُ اُمُّهٗ وَهْنًا عَلٰى وَهْنٍ وَّفِصَالُهٗ فِيْ عَامَيْنِ اَنِ اشْكُرْ لِيْ وَلِوَالِدَيْكَۗ اِلَيَّ الْمَصِيْرُ ۝١٤

Wa waṣṣoinal-insāna biwālidaih, ḥamalat-hu ummuhū wahnan ‘alā wahniw wa fiṣōluhū fī ‘āmaini anisykur lī wa liwālidaik, ilayyal-maṣīr

14. We have entrusted the human being with the care of his parents. His mother carried him through hardship upon hardship, weaning him in two years. So give thanks to Me, and to your parents. To Me is the destination.

وَاِنْ جَاهَدٰكَ عَلٰٓى اَنْ تُشْرِكَ بِيْ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهٖ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِى الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوْفًا ۖوَّاتَّبِعْ سَبِيْلَ مَنْ اَنَابَ اِلَيَّۚ ثُمَّ اِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَاُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ ۝١٥

Wa in jāhadāka ‘alā an tusyrika bī mā laisa laka bihī ‘ilmun falā tuṭi‘humā wa ṣōḥibhumā fid-dun-yā ma‘rūfā, wattabi‘ sabīla man anāba ilayya, ṡumma ilayya marji‘ukum fa unabbi'ukum bimā kuntum ta‘malūn

15. But if they strive to have you associate with Me something of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them. But keep them company in this life, in kindness, and follow the path of him who turns to Me. Then to Me is your return; and I will inform you of what you used to do.

يٰبُنَيَّ اِنَّهَآ اِنْ تَكُ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ فَتَكُنْ فِيْ صَخْرَةٍ اَوْ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ اَوْ فِى الْاَرْضِ يَأْتِ بِهَا اللّٰهُ ۗاِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَطِيْفٌ خَبِيْرٌ ۝١٦

Yā bunayya innahā in taku miṡqōla ḥabbatim min khordalin fatakun fī ṣokhrotin au fis-samāwāti au fil-arḍi ya'ti bihallāh, innallāha laṭīfun khobīr

16. “O my son, even if it were the weight of a mustard-seed, in a rock, or in the heavens, or on earth, Allah will bring it to light. Allah is Kind and Expert.

يٰبُنَيَّ اَقِمِ الصَّلٰوةَ وَأْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوْفِ وَانْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَاصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَآ اَصَابَكَۗ اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْاُمُوْرِ ۝١٧

Yā bunayya aqimiṣ-ṣolāta wa'mur bil-ma‘rūfi wanha ‘anil-munkari waṣbir ‘alā mā aṣōbak, inna żālika min ‘azmil-umūr

17. O my son, observe the prayer, advocate righteousness, forbid evil, and be patient over what has befallen you. These are of the most honorable traits.

وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى الْاَرْضِ مَرَحًاۗ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُوْرٍۚ ۝١٨

Wa lā tuṣo‘‘ir khoddaka lin-nāsi wa lā tamsyi fil-arḍi maroḥā, innallāha lā yuḥibbu kulla mukhtālin fakhūr

18. And do not treat people with arrogance, nor walk proudly on earth. Allah does not love the arrogant showoffs.

وَاقْصِدْ فِيْ مَشْيِكَ وَاغْضُضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَۗ اِنَّ اَنْكَرَ الْاَصْوَاتِ لَصَوْتُ الْحَمِيْرِ ࣖ ۝١٩

Waqṣid fī masy-yika waghḍuḍ min ṣoutik, inna ankarol-aṣwāti laṣoutul-ḥamīr

19. And moderate your stride, and lower your voice. The most repulsive of voices is the donkey’s voice.”

اَلَمْ تَرَوْا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَّا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِ وَاَسْبَغَ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعَمَهٗ ظَاهِرَةً وَّبَاطِنَةً ۗوَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُّجَادِلُ فِى اللّٰهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَّلَا هُدًى وَّلَا كِتٰبٍ مُّنِيْرٍ ۝٢٠

Alam tarou annallāha sakhkhoro lakum mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍi wa asbagho ‘alaikum ni‘amahū ẓōhirotaw wa bāṭinah, wa minan-nāsi may yujādilu fillāhi bighoiri ‘ilmiw wa lā hudaw wa lā kitābim munīr

20. Do you not see how Allah placed at your service everything in the heavens and the earth? How He showered you with His blessings, both outward and inward? Yet among the people is he who argues about Allah without knowledge, without guidance, and without an enlightening Scripture.

وَاِذَا قِيْلَ لَهُمُ اتَّبِعُوْا مَآ اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ قَالُوْا بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ اٰبَاۤءَنَاۗ اَوَلَوْ كَانَ الشَّيْطٰنُ يَدْعُوْهُمْ اِلٰى عَذَابِ السَّعِيْرِ ۝٢١

Wa iżā qīla lahumuttabi‘ū mā anzalallāhu qōlū bal nattabi‘u mā wajadnā ‘alaihi ābā-anā, awalau kānasy-syaiṭōnu yad‘ūhum ilā ‘ażābis-sa‘īr

21. And when it is said to them, “Follow what Allah has revealed,” they say, “Rather, we follow what we found our parents devoted to.” Even if Satan is calling them to the suffering of the Blaze?

وَمَنْ يُّسْلِمْ وَجْهَهٗٓ اِلَى اللّٰهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقٰىۗ وَاِلَى اللّٰهِ عَاقِبَةُ الْاُمُوْرِ ۝٢٢

Wa may yuslim wajhahū ilallāhi wa huwa muḥsinun faqodistamsaka bil-‘urwatil-wuṡqō, wa ilallāhi ‘āqibatul-umūr

22. Whoever submits himself wholly to Allah, and is a doer of good, has grasped the most trustworthy handle. With Allah rests the outcome of all events.

وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَلَا يَحْزُنْكَ كُفْرُهٗۗ اِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ فَنُنَبِّئُهُمْ بِمَا عَمِلُوْاۗ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلِيْمٌۢ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُوْرِ ۝٢٣

Wa man kafaro falā yaḥzunka kufruh, ilainā marji‘uhum fanunabbi'uhum bimā ‘amilū, innallāha ‘alīmum biżātiṣ-ṣudūr

23. Whoever disbelieves—let not his disbelief sadden you. To Us is their return. Then We will inform them of what they did. Allah knows what lies within the hearts.

نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيْلًا ثُمَّ نَضْطَرُّهُمْ اِلٰى عَذَابٍ غَلِيْظٍ ۝٢٤

Numatti‘uhum qolīlan ṡumma naḍṭorruhum ilā ‘ażābin gholīẓ

24. We give them a little comfort; then We compel them to a harsh torment.

وَلَىِٕنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ لَيَقُوْلُنَّ اللّٰهُ ۗقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ ۗبَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٢٥

Wa la'in sa'altahum man kholaqos-samāwāti wal-arḍo layaqūlunnallāh, qulil-ḥamdu lillāh, bal akṡaruhum lā ya‘lamūn

25. And if you ask them, “Who created the heavens and the earth?” They will say, “Allah.” Say, “Praise be to Allah.” But most of them do not know.

لِلّٰهِ مَا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِۗ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ الْحَمِيْدُ ۝٢٦

Lillāhi mā fis-samāwāti wal-arḍ, innallāha huwal-ghoniyyul-ḥamīd

26. To Allah belongs everything in the heavens and the earth. Allah is the Rich, the Praised.

وَلَوْ اَنَّ مَا فِى الْاَرْضِ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ اَقْلَامٌ وَّالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهٗ مِنْۢ بَعْدِهٖ سَبْعَةُ اَبْحُرٍ مَّا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمٰتُ اللّٰهِ ۗاِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَزِيْزٌ حَكِيْمٌ ۝٢٧

Wa lau anna mā fil-arḍi min syajarotin aqlāmuw wal-baḥru yamudduhū mim ba‘dihī sab‘atu abḥurim mā nafidat kalimātullāh, innallāha ‘azīzun ḥakīm

27. If all the trees on earth were pens, filled by the ocean, with seven more oceans besides, the words of Allah would not run out. Allah is Majestic and Wise.

مَا خَلْقُكُمْ وَلَا بَعْثُكُمْ اِلَّا كَنَفْسٍ وَّاحِدَةٍ ۗاِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَمِيْعٌۢ بَصِيْرٌ ۝٢٨

Mā kholqukum wa lā ba‘ṡukum illā kanafsiw wāḥidah, innallāha samī‘um baṣīr

28. Your creation and your resurrection are only as a single soul. Allah is Hearing and Seeing.

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُوْلِجُ الَّيْلَ فِى النَّهَارِ وَيُوْلِجُ النَّهَارَ فِى الَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَۖ كُلٌّ يَّجْرِيْٓ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَّاَنَّ اللّٰهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ خَبِيْرٌ ۝٢٩

Alam taro annallāha yūlijul-laila fin-nahāri wa yūlijun-nahāro fil-laili wa sakhkhorosy-syamsa wal-qomar, kulluy yajrī ilā ajalim musammaw wa annallāha bimā ta‘malūna khobīr

29. Have you not seen how Allah merges the night into the day, and merges the day into the night? That He subjected the sun and the moon, each running for a stated term? And that Allah is Cognizant of everything you do?

ذٰلِكَ بِاَنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَاَنَّ مَا يَدْعُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِهِ الْبَاطِلُۙ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيْرُ ࣖ ۝٣٠

Żālika bi'annallāha huwal-ḥaqqu wa anna mā yad‘ūna min dūnihil-bāṭil, wa annallāha huwal-‘aliyyul-kabīr

30. That is because Allah is the Reality, and what they worship besides Him is falsehood, and because Allah is the Exalted, the Supreme.

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ الْفُلْكَ تَجْرِيْ فِى الْبَحْرِ بِنِعْمَتِ اللّٰهِ لِيُرِيَكُمْ مِّنْ اٰيٰتِهٖۗ اِنَّ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ لَاٰيٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُوْرٍ ۝٣١

Alam taro annal-fulka tajrī fil-baḥri bini‘matillāhi liyuriyakum min āyātih, inna fī żālika la'āyātil likulli ṣobbārin syakūr

31. Have you not seen how the ships sail through the sea, by the grace of Allah, to show you of His wonders? In that are signs for every persevering, thankful person.

وَاِذَا غَشِيَهُمْ مَّوْجٌ كَالظُّلَلِ دَعَوُا اللّٰهَ مُخْلِصِيْنَ لَهُ الدِّيْنَ ەۚ فَلَمَّا نَجّٰىهُمْ اِلَى الْبَرِّ فَمِنْهُمْ مُّقْتَصِدٌۗ وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِاٰيٰتِنَآ اِلَّا كُلُّ خَتَّارٍ كَفُوْرٍ ۝٣٢

Wa iżā ghosyiyahum maujun kaẓ-ẓulali da‘awullāha mukhliṣīna lahud-dīn, falammā najjāhum ilal-barri faminhum muqtaṣid, wa mā yajḥadu bi'āyātinā illā kullu khottārin kafūr

32. When waves, like canopies, cover them, they call upon Allah, devoting their religion to Him. But when He has delivered them to dry land, some of them waver. No one renounces Our revelations except the treacherous blasphemer.

يٰٓاَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوْا رَبَّكُمْ وَاخْشَوْا يَوْمًا لَّا يَجْزِيْ وَالِدٌ عَنْ وَّلَدِهٖۖ وَلَا مَوْلُوْدٌ هُوَ جَازٍ عَنْ وَّالِدِهٖ شَيْـًٔاۗ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَاۗ وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُمْ بِاللّٰهِ الْغَرُوْرُ ۝٣٣

Ya ayyuhan-nāsuttaqū robbakum wakhsyau yaumal lā yajzī wālidun ‘aw waladih, wa lā maulūdun huwa jāzin ‘aw wālidihī syai'ā, inna wa‘dallāhi ḥaqqun falā taghurronnakumul-ḥayātud-dun-yā, wa lā yaghurronnakum billāhil-ghorūr

33. O people! Be conscious of your Lord, and dread a Day when no parent can avail his child, nor can a child avail his parent, in anything. The promise of Allah is true. Therefore, do not let this life deceive you, nor let illusions deceive you regarding Allah.

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عِنْدَهٗ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِۚ وَيُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَۚ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى الْاَرْحَامِۗ وَمَا تَدْرِيْ نَفْسٌ مَّاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًاۗ وَمَا تَدْرِيْ نَفْسٌۢ بِاَيِّ اَرْضٍ تَمُوْتُۗ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلِيْمٌ خَبِيْرٌ ࣖ ۝٣٤

Innallāha ‘indahū ‘ilmus-sā‘ah, wa yunazzilul-ghoiṡ, wa ya‘lamu mā fil-arḥām, wa mā tadrī nafsum māżā taksibu ghodā, wa mā tadrī nafsum bi'ayyi arḍin tamūt, innallāha ‘alīmun khobīr

34. With Allah rests the knowledge of the Hour. He sends down the rain, and He knows what the wombs contain. No soul knows what it will reap tomorrow, and no soul knows in what land it will die. Allah is All-Knowing, Well-Informed.