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Luqman (Luqman)

Verse 17of 34

يَٰبُنَىَّ أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأْمُرْ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَٱنْهَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَصَابَكَ ۖ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ ٱلْأُمُورِ﴿١٧

Translation (Sahih International)

O my son, establish prayer, enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, and be patient over what befalls you. Indeed, [all] that is of the matters [requiring] determination.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰبُنَىَّyābunayyaO my son
أَقِمِaqimiEstablish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَأْمُرْwamurand enjoin
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfi[with] the right
وَٱنْهَwa-in'haand forbid
عَنِʿanifrom
ٱلْمُنكَرِl-munkarithe wrong
وَٱصْبِرْwa-iṣ'birand be patient
عَلَىٰʿalāover
مَآwhat
أَصَابَكَ ۖaṣābakabefalls you
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
مِنْmin(is) of
عَزْمِʿazmithe matters requiring determination
ٱلْأُمُورِl-umūrithe matters requiring determination

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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