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031.001 A. L. M.
031.002 These are Verses of the Wise Book,-
031.003 A Guide and a Mercy to the Doers of Good,-
031.004 Those who establish regular Prayer, and give regular Charity, and have (in their hearts) the assurance of the
Hereafter.
031.005 These are on (true) guidance from their Lord: and these are the ones who will prosper.
031.006 But there are, among men, those who purchase idle tales, without knowledge (or meaning), to mislead (men)
from the Path of God and throw ridicule (on the Path): for such there will be a Humiliating Penalty.
031.007 When Our Signs are rehearsed to such a one, he turns away in arrogance, as if he heard them not, as if there
were deafness in both his ears: announce to him a grievous Penalty.
031.008 For those who believe and work righteous deeds, there will be Gardens of Bliss,-
031.009 To dwell therein. The promise of God is true: and He is Exalted in Power, Wise.
031.010 He created the heavens without any pillars that ye can see; He set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest
it should shake with you; and He scattered through it beasts of all kinds. We send down rain from the sky, and produce
on the earth every kind of noble creature, in pairs.
031.011 Such is the Creation of God: now show Me what is there that others besides Him have created: nay, but the
Transgressors are in manifest error.
031.012 we bestowed (in the past) Wisdom on Luqman: "Show (thy) gratitude to God." Any who is (so) grateful does
so to the profit of his own soul: but if any is ungrateful, verily God is free of all wants, Worthy of all praise.
031.013 Behold, Luqman said to his son by way of instruction: "O my son! join not in worship (others) with God: for
false worship is indeed the highest wrong-doing."
031.014 And We have enjoined on man (to be good) to his parents: in travail upon travail did his mother bear him, and
in years twain was his weaning: (hear the command), "Show gratitude to Me and to thy parents: to Me is (thy final)
Goal.
031.015 "But if they strive to make thee join in worship with Me things of which thou hast no knowledge, obey them
not; yet bear them company in this life with justice (and consideration), and follow the way of those who turn to me
(in love): in the end the return of you all is to Me, and I will tell you the truth (and meaning) of all that ye did."
031.016 "O my son!" (said Luqman), "If there be (but) the weight of a mustard-seed and it were (hidden) in a rock, or
(anywhere) in the heavens or on earth, God will bring it forth: for God understands the finest mysteries, (and) is
well-acquainted (with them).
031.017 "O my son! establish regular prayer, enjoin what is just, and forbid what is wrong: and bear with patient
constancy whatever betide thee; for this is firmness (of purpose) in (the conduct of) affairs.
031.018 "And swell not thy cheek (for pride) at men, nor walk in insolence through the earth; for God loveth not any
arrogant boaster.
031.019 "And be moderate in thy pace, and lower thy voice; for the harshest of sounds without doubt is the braying of
the ass."
031.020 Do ye not see that God has subjected to your (use) all things in the heavens and on earth, and has made his
bounties flow to you in exceeding measure, (both) seen and unseen? Yet there are among men those who dispute about
God, without knowledge and without guidance, and without a Book to enlighten them!
031.021 When they are told to follow the (Revelation) that God has sent down, they say: "Nay, we shall follow the ways
that we found our fathers (following). "What! even if it is Satan beckoning them to the Penalty of the (Blazing) Fire?
031.022 Whoever submits his whole self to God, and is a doer of good, has grasped indeed the most trustworthy
hand-hold: and with God rests the End and Decision of (all) affairs.
031.023 But if any reject Faith, let not his rejection grieve thee: to Us is their return, and We shall tell them the truth
of their deeds: for God knows well all that is in (men's) hearts.
031.024 We grant them their pleasure for a little while: in the end shall We drive them to a chastisement unrelenting.
031.025 If thou ask them, who it is that created the heavens and the earth. They will certainly say, "God". Say: "Praise
be to God!" But most of them understand not.
031.026 To God belong all things in heaven and earth: verily God is He (that is) free of all wants, worthy of all praise.