Surah 31. Luqman, Ayah 13
| وَإِذْ قَالَ لُقْمَانُ لِابْنِهِ وَهُوَ يَعِظُهُ يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- 'idh qaala luqmaan li- ibn -hi wa- huwa yaciz. -hu yaa bunay -ya laa tushrik bi- 'allaah 'inna ash- shirk la- z.ulm caz.em |
| Pickthall | : | And (remember) when Luqman said unto his son, when he was exhorting him: O my dear son! Ascribe no partners unto Allah. Lo! to ascribe partners (unto Him) is a tremendous wrong-- |
| Asad | : | And, lo, Luqman spoke thus unto his son, admonishing him: "O my dear son!13 Do not ascribe divine powers to aught beside God: for, behold, such [a false] ascribing of divinity is indeed an awesome wrong! |
| Malik | : | When Luqman, while advising his son, said to him: "O my son! Do not ever commit shirk (associating anyone else with Allah); surely committing shirk is the worst iniquity." |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Behold Luqman said to his son by way of instruction: "O my son! Join not in worship (others) with Allah: for false worship is indeed the highest wrong-doing." 3595 |
Note - 13Lit., "O my little son" - a diminutive idiomatically
expressive of endearment irrespective of whether the son
is a child or a grown man.
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Note - 3595Luqman is held up as a pattern of wisdom, because he
realized the best in a wise life in this world, as based
upon the highest Hope in the inner life. To him, as in
Islam, true human wisdom is also divine wisdom: the two
cannot be separated. The beginning of all wisdom,
therefore, is conformity with the Will of Allah (xxxi.
12). That means that we must understand our relations to
Him and worship Him aright (xxxi. 13). Then we must be
good to mankind, beginning with our own parents (xxxi.
14). For the two duties are not diverse, but one. Where
they appear to conflict, there is something wrong with
the human will (see n. 3597).
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Luqman is held up as a pattern of wisdom, because he realized the best in a wise life in this world, as based upon the highest Hope in the inner life. To him, as in Islam, true human wisdom is also divine wisdom: the two cannot be separated. The beginning of all wisdom, therefore, is conformity with the Will of Allah (xxxi. 12). That means that we must understand our relations to Him and worship Him aright (xxxi. 13). Then we must be good to mankind, beginning with our own parents (xxxi. 14). For the two duties are not diverse, but one. Where they appear to conflict, there is something wrong with the human will (see n. 3597). |
