Sura 31 Luqman (Luqman)

In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

[31:1] A. L. M.

[31:2] These are the signs of the Wise Book.

[31:3] A guide and a mercy for the good-doers

[31:4] who observe the Salat, give the Zakat, and of the Hereafter, they are certain.

[31:5] Those are upon guidance from their Lord, and it is they who are the successful ones.

[31:6] And among the people is he who trades in frivolous hadith and thus leads others away from the path of God without knowledge, and he makes a mockery of it. Those will have a humiliating punishment.

[31:7] And when Our revelations are recited to him, he turns away in arrogance as if he never heard them, as if there is deafness in his ears. So give him news of a painful punishment.

[31:8] Those who believe and do good deeds shall have the Gardens of Bliss.

[31:9] Therein, they shall permanently remain. God's promise is truthful. He is the Dignified, the Wise.

[31:10] He created the heavens without pillars that you can see, and He placed in the earth stabilizers so that it does not drift along with you. He also spread in it all kinds of creatures. We brought water down from the sky with which We grew in it of every noble pair.

[31:11] Such is God's creation, so show me what those besides Him have created! Rather, the transgressors are in clear misguidance.

[31:12] We gave Luqman the wisdom: "Give thanks to God. The one who gives thanks gives thanks but for his own good. As for the one who is ungrateful, then indeed, God is Rich, Praiseworthy."

[31:13] And so Luqman said to his son, as he advised him, "O my son, do not associate anything with God, for the association of anything with God is a gross transgression indeed."

[31:14] We instructed the human being concerning his parents: his mother bore him enduring hardship upon hardship, with his weaning in two years. Give thanks to Me and to your parents. To Me is the ultimate destination.

[31:15] If they strive to make you associate with Me that which you have no knowledge of, do not obey them. Maintain good company with them in this world, and follow the path of those who turn to Me. To Me is the return of all of you, then I will inform you all of what you used to do.

[31:16] "O my son, if something weighs as little as a mustard seed, be it inside a rock, or in the heavens, or in the earth, God will bring it forth. Indeed, God is Gentle, All-Aware.

[31:17] O my son, observe the Salat, advocate righteousness, forbid evil, and exercise patience in the face of what has befallen you. This would be the most resolute behaviour.

[31:18] Do not turn your cheek away from the people in arrogance, nor walk haughtily in the land. Indeed, God does not like the arrogant, boastful.