Luqman

Those are upon guidance from their Guardian,

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدٗى مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡۖ

And among mankind is he who buys distracting discourse, to lead astray from the way of God without knowledge, and who takes it in mockery;

وَمِنَ اَ۬لنَّاسِ مَن يَشۡتَرِي لَهۡوَ اَ۬لۡحَدِيثِ لِيَضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ اِ۬للَّهِ بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٖ وَيَتَّخِذُهَا هُزُؤًاۚ

And when Our signs are recited to him, he turns his back, growing proud, as though he had not heard them, as though there were deafness in his ears:

وَإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا وَلَّىٰ مُسۡتَكۡبِرٗا كَأَن لَّمۡ يَسۡمَعۡهَا كَأَنَّ فِي أُذُنَيۡهِ وَقۡرٗاۖ

Those who believed and did sound deeds will indeed have the gardens of bliss, abiding therein eternally —

إِنَّ اَ۬لَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ اُ۬لصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمۡ جَنَّٰتُ اُ۬لنَّعِيمِ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَاۖ

a promise of God, in truth;

وَعۡدَ اَ۬للَّهِ حَقّٗاۚ

He created the heavens without pillars

خَلَقَ اَ۬لسَّمَٰوَٰتِ بِغَيۡرِ عَمَدٖ

that you can see;

تَرَوۡنَهَاۖ

and He cast on the earth firm anchors, lest it sway with you, and He spread upon it every kind of living being;

وَأَلۡقَىٰ فِي اِ۬لۡأَرۡضِ رَوَٰسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمۡ وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَآبَّةٖۚ

This is God's creation:

هَٰذَا خَلۡقُ اُ۬للَّهِ

so show Me what those besides Him have created.

فَأَرُونِي مَاذَا خَلَقَ اَ۬لَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِۦۚ

And We certainly gave Luqman wisdom: "Be grateful to God";

۞ وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا لُقۡمَٰنَ اَ۬لۡحِكۡمَةَ أَنِ اِ۟شۡكُر لِّلَّهِۚ

and whoever acknowledges does so only for himself,

وَمَن يَشۡكُرۡ فَإِنَّمَا يَشۡكُر لِّنَفۡسِهِۦۖ

And when Luqman said to his son, while exhorting him, "O my little one, do not associate with God;

وَإِذۡ قَال لُّقۡمَٰنُ لِاِبۡنِهِۦ وَهۡوَ يَعِظُهُۥ يَٰبُنَيِّ لَا تُشۡرِكۡ بِاللَّهِۖ

And We enjoined upon the human being concerning his parents —

وَوَصَّيۡنَا اَ۬لۡإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ

his mother carried him, frailty upon frailty,

حَمَلَتۡهُ أُمُّهُۥ وَهۡنًا عَلَىٰ وَهۡنٖ

and his weaning is completed within the two years that follow — :

وَفِصَٰلُهُۥ فِي عَامَيۡنِ

"Be grateful to Me and to your parents;

أَنِ اِ۟شۡكُر لِّي وَلِوَٰلِدَيۡكَ

But if they strive against you to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not defer to them;

وَإِن جَٰهَدَاكَ عَلَىٰ أَن تُشۡرِكَ بِي مَا لَيۡسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٞ فَلَا تُطِعۡهُمَاۖ

but accompany them in the present life in a recognized manner,

وَصَاحِبۡهُمَا فِي اِ۬لدُّنۡيۭا مَعۡرُوفٗاۖ

and follow the way of one who has recourse to Me;

وَاَتَّبِعۡ سَبِيلَ مَنۡ أَنَابَ إِلَيَّۚ

"O my little one, if it should be the weight of a mustard seed, and should be in a rock, or in the heavens, or in the earth, God will bring it forth,

يَٰبُنَيِّ إِنَّهَا إِن تَكُ مِثۡقَالَ حَبَّةٖ مِّنۡ خَرۡدَلٖ فَتَكُن فِي صَخۡرَةٍ أَوۡ فِي اِ۬لسَّمَٰوَٰتِ أَوۡ فِي اِ۬لۡأَرۡضِ يَاتِ بِهَا اَ۬للَّهُۚ

O my little one, maintain the Contact,

يَٰبُنَيِّ أَقِمِ اِ۬لصَّلَوٰةَ

and order what is recognized,

وَامُرۡ بِالۡمَعۡرُوفِ

and forbid what is disavowed,

وَاَنۡهَ عَنِ اِ۬لۡمُنكَرِ

and be patient with what strikes you:

وَاَصۡبِرۡ عَلَىٰ مَا أَصَابَكَۖ

And do not turn your cheek away from men,

وَلَا تُصَٰعِرۡ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ

and do not walk upon the earth strutting:

وَلَا تَمۡشِ فِي اِ۬لۡأَرۡضِ مَرَحًاۖ

And be moderate in your pace,

وَاَقۡصِدۡ فِي مَشۡيِكَ

and hush your voice:

وَاَغۡضُضۡ مِن صَوۡتِكَۚ

Have you not seen that God has subjected to you what is in the heavens and what is on the earth, and has lavished His favors upon you, uncovered and hidden?

أَلَمۡ تَرَوۡاْ أَنَّ اَ۬للَّهَ سَخَّر لَّكُم مَّا فِي اِ۬لسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي اِ۬لۡأَرۡضِ وَأَسۡبَغَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ نِعَمَهُۥ ظَٰهِرَةٗ وَبَاطِنَةٗۗ

And when it is said to them, "Follow what God has sent down,"

وَإِذَا قِيل لَّهُمُ اُ۪تَّبِعُواْ مَا أَنزَلَ اَ۬للَّهُ

they say, "We rather follow what we found our ancestors upon."

قَالُواْ بَلۡ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ ءَابَآءَنَاۚ

And whoever renders his direction true to God alone, while doing good, has held firmly to the surest handhold;

۞ وَمَن يُسۡلِمۡ وَجۡهَهُۥ إِلَى اَ۬للَّهِ وَهۡوَ مُحۡسِنٞ فَقَدِ اِ۪سۡتَمۡسَكَ بِالۡعُرۡوَةِ اِ۬لۡوُثۡقۭيٰۗ

And whoever disowns, let not his disowning grieve you:

وَمَن كَفَرَ فَلَا يَحۡزُنكَ كُفۡرُهُۥۚ

to Us is their return, and We will then inform them of what they did —

إِلَيۡنَا مَرۡجِعُهُمۡ فَنُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُواْۚ

And if you ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely say: "God";

وَلَئِن سَأَلۡتَهُم مَّنۡ خَلَقَ اَ۬لسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَاَلۡأَرۡضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ اَ۬للَّهُۚ

say: "Praise be to God!"

قُلِ اِ۬لۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِۚ

To God belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth;

لِلَّهِ مَا فِي اِ۬لسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَاَلۡأَرۡضِۚ

And if all the trees on the earth were pens, and the sea were reinforced, after it, by seven seas, the words of God would not be exhausted:

وَلَوۡ أَنَّمَا فِي اِ۬لۡأَرۡضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقۡلَٰمٞ وَاَلۡبَحۡرَ يَمُدُّهُۥ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ سَبۡعَةُ أَبۡحُرٖ مَّا نَفِدَتۡ كَلِمَٰتُ اُ۬للَّهِۚ

Your creation and your raising are but as a single Self;

مَّا خَلۡقُكُمۡ وَلَا بَعۡثُكُمۡ إِلَّا كَنَفۡسٖ وَٰحِدَةٍۚ

Have you not seen that the vessels sail on the sea by the blessing of God, that He may show you some of His signs?

أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ اَ۬لۡفُلۡكَ تَجۡرِي فِي اِ۬لۡبَحۡرِ بِنِعۡمَتِ اِ۬للَّهِ لِيُرِيَكُم مِّنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦۚ

And when a wave covers them like canopies, they call upon God, devoting the Law exclusively to Him;

وَإِذَا غَشِيَهُم مَّوۡجٞ كَاَلظُّلَلِ دَعَوُاْ اُ۬للَّهَ مُخۡلِصِينَ لَهُ اُ۬لدِّينَ

but when He saves them to dry land, some of them remain moderate;

فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمۡ إِلَى اَ۬لۡبَرِّ فَمِنۡهُم مُّقۡتَصِدٞۚ

O mankind, guard yourselves toward your Guardian, and dread a day when no parent will avail his child, nor any child avail his parent at all.

۞ يَٰأَيُّهَا اَ۬لنَّاسُ اُ۪تَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ وَاَخۡشَوۡاْ يَوۡمٗا لَّا يَجۡزِي وَالِدٌ عَن وَلَدِهِۦ وَلَا مَوۡلُودٌ هُوَ جَازٍ عَن وَالِدِهِۦ شَيۡـًٔاۚ

God's promise is indeed truth:

إِنَّ وَعۡدَ اَ۬للَّهِ حَقّٞۖ

so do not let the present life delude you,

فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ اُ۬لۡحَيَوٰةُ اُ۬لدُّنۡيۭا

God indeed has knowledge of the Hour,

إِنَّ اَ۬للَّهَ عِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ اُ۬لسَّاعَةِ

and sends down the saving rain,

وَيُنزِلُ اُ۬لۡغَيۡثَ

and knows what is in the wombs;

وَيَعۡلَم مَّا فِي اِ۬لۡأَرۡحَامِۖ

and no Self has any idea what it will earn tomorrow,

وَمَا تَدۡرِي نَفۡسٞ مَّاذَا تَكۡسِبُ غَدٗاۖ

and no Self has any idea in what land it will die;

وَمَا تَدۡرِي نَفۡسُۢ بِأَيِّ أَرۡضٖ تَمُوتُۚ