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Luqman (Luqman)

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يَٰبُنَىَّ إِنَّهَآ إِن تَكُ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍۢ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍۢ فَتَكُن فِى صَخْرَةٍ أَوْ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ أَوْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَأْتِ بِهَا ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرٌۭ﴿١٦

Translation (Sahih International)

[And Luqman said], "O my son, indeed if wrong should be the weight of a mustard seed and should be within a rock or [anywhere] in the heavens or in the earth, Allah will bring it forth. Indeed, Allah is Subtle and Acquainted.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰبُنَىَّyābunayyaO my son
إِنَّهَآinnahāIndeed it
إِنinif
تَكُtakuit be
مِثْقَالَmith'qāla(the) weight
حَبَّةٍۢḥabbatin(of) a grain
مِّنْminof
خَرْدَلٍۢkhardalina mustard seed
فَتَكُنfatakunand it be
فِىin
صَخْرَةٍṣakhratina rock
أَوْawor
فِىin
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
أَوْawor
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
يَأْتِyatiAllah will bring it forth
بِهَاbihāAllah will bring it forth
ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah will bring it forth
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
لَطِيفٌlaṭīfun(is) All-Subtle
خَبِيرٌۭkhabīrunAll-Aware

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

This is useful advice which Allah tells us Luqman gave, so that people may follow it and take it as"See the full heading "This is useful advice which Allah tells us Luqman gave, so thatpeople may follow it and take it as a good exampleHe said:يبُنَىَّ إِنَّهَآ إِن تَكُ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ(O my son! If it be (anything) equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed, ) means, if a wrong action or a sin be equal to the size of a grain of mustard seed.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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