Luqman لقمان

Makki · 34 ayat · 8 with pondering

• Ayah 12Luqman's famous wisdom is defined in its first sentence as one thing: gratitude, which benefits only the one who gives it.
• Ayah 13A wise father's first word to the son he loves most is tenderness, his second is a warning, and his third is the reason.
• Ayah 14Allah breaks into a father's counsel to speak for parents Himself, remembering a load that grew heavier as its carrier grew weaker.
• Ayah 15When parents push you away from Allah, refuse the one thing and keep everything else: walk beside them kindly, while following a different path.
• Ayah 16Nothing is too small or hidden for Allah to bring out, not even a mustard seed sealed in rock: your unseen good included.
• Ayah 17Pray to set yourself right, speak up for others, expect it to cost you: a knot the heart ties and keeps tied.
• Ayah 18Pride shows in a turned cheek and a strutting walk, and Allah does not love the one who admires himself and counts his gifts.
• Ayah 19Walk like an arrow flies, straight and unhurried, and take the edge off your voice: loudness for its own sake is a donkey's bray.