Luqman

Those are upon guidance from their Guardian,

اوليك علي هدي من ربهم

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;

ومن الناس من يشتري لهو الحديث ليضل عن سبيل الله بغير علم ويتخذها هزوا

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:

واذا تتلي عليه ايتنا ولي مستكبرا كان لم يسمعها كان في اذنيه وقرا

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

ان الذين امنوا وعملوا الصلحت لهم جنت النعيم خلدين فيها

a promise of God, in truth;

وعد الله حقا

He created the heavens without pillars

خلق السموت بغير عمد

that you can see;

ترونها

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

والقي في الارض روسي ان تميد بكم وبث فيها من كل دابه

This is God's creation:

هذا خلق الله

so show Me what those besides Him have created.

فاروني ماذا خلق الذين من دونه

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

ولقد اتينا لقمن الحكمه ان اشكر لله

and whoever acknowledges does so only for himself,

ومن يشكر فانما يشكر لنفسه

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

واذ قال لقمن لابنه وهو يعظه يبني لا تشرك بالله

And We enjoined upon the human being concerning his parents —

ووصينا الانسن بولديه

his mother carried him, frailty upon frailty,

حملته امه وهنا علي وهن

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

وفصله في عامين

"Be grateful to Me and to your parents;

ان اشكر لي ولولديك

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

وان جهداك علي ان تشرك بي ما ليس لك به علم فلا تطعهما

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

وصاحبهما في الدنيا معروفا

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

واتبع سبيل من اناب الي

"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,

يبني انها ان تك مثقال حبه من خردل فتكن في صخره او في السموت او في الارض يات بها الله

O my little one, maintain the Contact,

يبني اقم الصلوه

and order what is recognized,

وامر بالمعروف

and forbid what is disavowed,

وانه عن المنكر

and be patient with what strikes you:

واصبر علي ما اصابك

And do not turn your cheek away from men,

ولا تصعر خدك للناس

and do not walk upon the earth strutting:

ولا تمش في الارض مرحا

And be moderate in your pace,

واقصد في مشيك

and hush your voice:

واغضض من صوتك

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?

الم تروا ان الله سخر لكم ما في السموت وما في الارض واسبغ عليكم نعمه ظهره وباطنه

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

واذا قيل لهم اتبعوا ما انزل الله

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

قالوا بل نتبع ما وجدنا عليه ابانا

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

ومن يسلم وجهه الي الله وهو محسن فقد استمسك بالعروه الوثقي

And whoever disowns, let not his disowning grieve you:

ومن كفر فلا يحزنك كفره

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

الينا مرجعهم فننبيهم بما عملوا

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

ولين سالتهم من خلق السموت والارض ليقولن الله

say: "Praise be to God!"

قل الحمد لله

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

لله ما في السموت والارض

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:

ولو انما في الارض من شجره اقلم والبحر يمده من بعده سبعه ابحر ما نفدت كلمت الله

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

ما خلقكم ولا بعثكم الا كنفس وحده

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?

الم تر ان الفلك تجري في البحر بنعمت الله ليريكم من ايته

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

واذا غشيهم موج كالظلل دعوا الله مخلصين له الدين

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

فلما نجيهم الي البر فمنهم مقتصد

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.

يايها الناس اتقوا ربكم واخشوا يوما لا يجزي والد عن ولده ولا مولود هو جاز عن والده شيا

God's promise is indeed truth:

ان وعد الله حق

so do not let the present life delude you,

فلا تغرنكم الحيوه الدنيا

God indeed has knowledge of the Hour,

ان الله عنده علم الساعه

and sends down the saving rain,

وينزل الغيث

and knows what is in the wombs;

ويعلم ما في الارحام

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

وما تدري نفس ماذا تكسب غدا

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

وما تدري نفس باي ارض تموت