Luqman
Luqman
بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمن ٱلرحيم
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent.
Alif. Lam. Mim.
الم
These are the signs of the Scripture full of wisdom, a guidance and benevolence for those who do good, those who maintain the Contact and give pure liberality, and who, as for the last life, are certain of it.
تلك ءايت ٱلكتب ٱلحكيم هدى ورحمة للمحسنين ٱلذين يقيمون ٱلصلوة ويؤتون ٱلزكوة وهم بٱلءاخرة هم يوقنون
Those are upon guidance from their Guardian,
أولئك على هدى من ربهم
and those are the ones who succeed.
وأولئك هم ٱلمفلحون
And among mankind is he who buys distracting discourse, to lead astray from the way of God without knowledge, and to take it in mockery;
ومن ٱلناس من يشتري لهو ٱلحديث ليضل عن سبيل ٱلله بغير علم ويتخذها هزوا
those are the ones who will have a degrading punishment.
أولئك لهم عذاب مهين
And when Our signs are recited to him, he turns away growing proud, as though he had not heard them, as though there were deafness in his ears:
وإذا تتلى عليه ءايتنا ولى مستكبرا كأن لم يسمعها كأن في أذنيه وقرا
so give him news of a painful punishment.
فبشره بعذاب أليم
Those who believed and did sound deeds will indeed have the gardens of bliss, abiding therein eternally —
إن ٱلذين ءامنوا وعملوا ٱلصلحت لهم جنت ٱلنعيم خلدين فيها
a promise of God, in truth;
وعد ٱلله حقا
and He is the All-Powerful, the Wise.
وهو ٱلعزيز ٱلحكيم
He created the heavens without pillars
خلق ٱلسموت 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;
وألقى في ٱلأرض روسي أن تميد بكم وبث فيها من كل دآبة
and We sent down water from the sky, and caused every generous pair to grow in it.
وأنزلنا من ٱلسمآء مآء فأنبتنا فيها من كل زوج كريم
This is God's creation:
هذا خلق ٱلله
so show Me what those besides Him have created.
فأروني ماذا خلق ٱلذين من دونه
The wrongdoers are rather in manifest error.
بل ٱلظلمون في ضلل مبين
And We certainly gave Luqman wisdom: "Be grateful to God";
ولقد ءاتينا لقمن ٱلحكمة أن ٱشكر لله
and whoever acknowledges, does so only for himself,
ومن يشكر فإنما يشكر لنفسه
and whoever disowns — God is indeed Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy.
ومن كفر فإن ٱلله غني حميد
And when Luqman said to his son, while exhorting him, "O my little one, do not associate with God;
وإذ قال لقمن لٱبنه وهو يعظه يبنى لا تشرك بٱلله
association is surely an immense wrong."
إن ٱلشرك لظلم عظيم
And We enjoined upon the human being concerning his parents —
ووصينا ٱلإنسن بولديه
his mother carried him, frailty upon frailty,
حملته أمه وهنا على وهن
and his weaning is completed within the two years that follow — :
وفصله في عامين
"Be grateful to Me and to your parents;
أن ٱشكر لي ولولديك
to Me is the destination."
إلى ٱلمصير
But if they strive against you to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not defer to them;
وإن جهداك على أن تشرك بي ما ليس لك به علم فلا تطعهما
but accompany them in the present life in a recognized manner,
وصاحبهما في ٱلدنيا معروفا
and follow the way of one who has recourse to Me;
وٱتبع سبيل من أناب إلى
then to Me will be your return, and I will then inform you of what you used to do.
ثم إلى مرجعكم فأنبئكم بما كنتم تعملون
"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,
يبنى إنهآ إن تك مثقال حبة من خردل فتكن في صخرة أو في ٱلسموت أو في ٱلأرض يأت بها ٱلله
God is Subtle, Intimately Acquainted.
إن ٱلله لطيف خبير
O my little one, maintain the Contact,
يبنى أقم ٱلصلوة
order what is recognized,
وأمر بٱلمعروف
forbid what is disavowed,
وٱنه عن ٱلمنكر
and be patient with what strikes you:
وٱصبر على مآ أصابك
that is among the matters requiring resolve.
إن ذلك من عزم ٱلأمور
And do not turn your cheek away from men,
ولا تصعر خدك للناس
and do not walk upon the earth strutting:
ولا تمش في ٱلأرض مرحا
God does not love any arrogant boaster.
إن ٱلله لا يحب كل مختال فخور
Be moderate in your pace,
وٱقصد في مشيك
and hush your voice:
وٱغضض من صوتك
for the least recognizable of voices is surely the voice of donkeys."
إن أنكر ٱلأصوت لصوت ٱلحمير
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, apparent and hidden?
ألم تروا أن ٱلله سخر لكم ما في ٱلسموت وما في ٱلأرض وأسبغ عليكم نعمه ظهرة وباطنة
And among mankind is he who argues about God without knowledge, without guidance, and without an illuminating Scripture.
ومن ٱلناس من يجدل في ٱلله بغير علم ولا هدى ولا كتب منير
And when it is said to them, "Follow what God has sent down,"
وإذا قيل لهم ٱتبعوا مآ أنزل ٱلله
they say, "We rather follow what we found our ancestors upon."
قالوا بل نتبع ما وجدنا عليه ءابآءنآ
What, even if the Diverter was calling them to the punishment of the Inferno?
أولو كان ٱلشيطن يدعوهم إلى عذاب ٱلسعير
And whoever renders his direction true to God alone, while doing good, has held firmly to the surest handhold;
ومن يسلم وجهه إلى ٱلله وهو محسن فقد ٱستمسك بٱلعروة ٱلوثقى
and to God is the outcome of all matters.
وإلى ٱلله عقبة ٱلأمور
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 —
إلينا مرجعهم فننبئهم بما عملوا
God is indeed All-Knowing of what the chests contain.
إن ٱلله عليم بذات ٱلصدور
We grant them a brief enjoyment, then We will compel them toward a harsh punishment.
نمتعهم قليلا ثم نضطرهم إلى عذاب غليظ
And if you ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely say: "God";
ولئن سألتهم من خلق ٱلسموت وٱلأرض ليقولن ٱلله
say: "Praise be to God!"
قل ٱلحمد لله
But most of them do not know.
بل أكثرهم لا يعلمون
To God belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth;
لله ما في ٱلسموت وٱلأرض
God is the Self-Sufficient, the Praiseworthy.
إن ٱلله هو ٱلغني ٱلحميد
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 أنما في ٱلأرض من شجرة أقلم وٱلبحر يمده من بعده سبعة أبحر ما نفدت كلمت ٱلله
God is indeed All-Powerful, Wise.
إن ٱلله عزيز حكيم
Your creation and your raising are but as a single Self;
ما خلقكم ولا بعثكم إلا كنفس وحدة
God is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
إن ٱلله سميع بصير
Have you not seen that God makes the night penetrate into the day, and makes the day penetrate into the night, and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running to an appointed term, and that God is Intimately Acquainted with what you do?
ألم تر أن ٱلله يولج ٱليل في ٱلنهار ويولج ٱلنهار في ٱليل وسخر ٱلشمس وٱلقمر كل يجري إلى أجل مسمى وأن ٱلله بما تعملون خبير
That is because God is the Truth, and what you invoke besides Him is falsehood, and because God is the Most High, the Great.
ذلك بأن ٱلله هو ٱلحق وأن ما يدعون من دونه ٱلبطل وأن ٱلله هو ٱلعلي ٱلكبير
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?
ألم تر أن ٱلفلك تجري في ٱلبحر بنعمت ٱلله ليريكم من ءايته
There are surely in that signs for every very patient, very grateful one.
إن في ذلك لءايت لكل صبار شكور
And when a wave covers them like canopies, they call upon God, devoting the Law exclusively to Him;
وإذا غشيهم موج كٱلظلل دعوا ٱلله مخلصين له ٱلدين
but when He brings them safely to land, some of them remain moderate;
فلما نجىهم إلى ٱلبر فمنهم مقتصد
and none stubbornly rejects Our signs except every perfidious, great disowner.
وما يجحد بايتنآ إلا كل ختار كفور
O mankind, guard yourselves toward your Guardian, and dread a day when no father will avail his child, nor any child avail his father at all.
يأيها ٱلناس ٱتقوا ربكم وٱخشوا يوما لا يجزي والد عن ولده ولا مولود هو جاز عن والده شيا
God's promise is indeed truth:
إن وعد ٱلله حق
so do not let the present life delude you,
فلا تغرنكم ٱلحيوة ٱلدنيا
and do not let the great deluder delude you about God.
ولا يغرنكم بٱلله ٱلغرور
God indeed has knowledge of the Hour,
إن ٱلله عنده علم ٱلساعة
and sends down the saving rain,
وينزل ٱلغيث
and knows what is in the wombs;
ويعلم ما في ٱلأرحام
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 بأى أرض تموت
God is indeed All-Knowing, Intimately Acquainted.
إن ٱلله عليم خبير