SURAH LUQMAN

This surah is ‘Makki’ and it has 34 verses. Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) has said that if surah Luqman is recited at night, then angels protect the reciter from Iblees and his army until the next morning, and if recited in the daytime then the angels protect from them him until nighttime.

It is narrated from the Holy Prophet (S) that whoever recites this surah will be raised on the Day of Judgement with Hazrat Luqman (a.s.) and will get the reward which is ten times the amount of people who have advised others to do good (amr-bil-ma’ruf) and prevented them from doing bad (nahy-‘anil-munkar).

Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) has also said that writing this surah and dissoling & drinking that water provides for a cure from all types of illnesses and pains.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

الٓمّٓ ‌ۚ‏(1)

(1) Alif Lam Mim.

تِلْكَ اٰيٰتُ الْكِتٰبِ الْحَكِيْمِۙ‏(2)

(2) These are verses of the Book of Wisdom

هُدًى وَّرَحْمَةً لِّلْمُحْسِنِيْنَۙ‏(3)

(3) A guidance and a mercy for the doers of goodness,

الَّذِيْنَ يُقِيْمُوْنَ الصَّلٰوةَ وَيُؤْتُوْنَ الزَّكٰوةَ وَهُمْ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوْقِنُوْنَؕ‏(4)

(4) Those who keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and they are certain of the hereafter.

اُولٰٓئِكَ عَلٰى هُدًى مِّنْ رَّبِّهِمْ‌ وَاُولٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُوْنَ‏(5)

(5) These are on a guidance from their Lord, and these are they who are successful:

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَّشْتَرِىْ لَهْوَ الْحَدِيْثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَنْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ‌ۖ وَّيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًا ‌ؕ اُولٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِيْنٌ‏(6)

(6) And of men is he who takes instead frivolous discourse to lead astray from Allah's path without knowledge, and to take it for a mockery; these shall have an abasing chastisement.

وَاِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِ اٰيٰتُنَا وَلّٰى مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَاَنْ لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا كَاَنَّ فِىْۤ اُذُنَيْهِ وَقْرًا‌ۚ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ اَلِيْمٍ‏(7)

(7) And when Our communications are recited to him, he turns back proudly, as if he had not heard them, as though in his ears were a heaviness, therefore announce to him a painful chastisement.

اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوْا الصّٰلِحٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنّٰتُ النَّعِيْمِۙ‏(8)

(8) (As for) those who believe and do good, they shall surely have gardens of bliss,

خٰلِدِيْنَ فِيْهَا ؕ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقًّا‌ؕ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيْزُ الْحَكِيْمُ‏(9)

(9) Abiding in them; the promise of Allah; (a) true (promise), and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا‌ وَاَ لْقٰى فِى الْاَرْضِ رَوَاسِىَ اَنْ تَمِيْدَ بِكُمْ وَبَثَّ فِيْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ دَآ بَّةٍ‌ ؕ وَاَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَاَنْۢبَتْنَا فِيْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيْمٍ‏(10)

(10) He created the heavens without pillars as you see them, and put mountains upon the earth lest it might convulse with you, and He spread in it animals of every kind; and We sent down water from the cloud, then caused to grow therein (vegetation) of every noble kind.

هٰذَا خَلْقُ اللّٰهِ فَاَرُوْنِىْ مَاذَا خَلَقَ الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِهٖ‌ؕ بَلِ الظّٰلِمُوْنَ فِىْ ضَلٰلٍ مُّبِيْنٍ‏(11)

(11) This is Allah's creation, but show Me what those besides Him have created. Nay, the unjust are in manifest error

وَلَقَدْ اٰتَيْنَا لُقْمٰنَ الْحِكْمَةَ اَنِ اشْكُرْ لِلّٰهِ‌ؕ وَمَنْ يَّشْكُرْ فَاِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهٖ‌ۚ وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَنِىٌّ حَمِيْدٌ‏(12)

(12) And certainly We gave wisdom to Luqman, saying: Be grateful to Allah. And whoever is grateful, he is only grateful for his own soul; and whoever is ungrateful, then surely Allah is Self-sufficient, Praised.

وَاِذْ قَالَ لُقْمٰنُ لِا بْنِهٖ وَهُوَ يَعِظُهٗ يٰبُنَىَّ لَا تُشْرِكْ بِاللّٰهِ ؔؕ اِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيْمٌ‏(13)

(13) And when Luqman said to his son while he admonished him: O my son! do not associate aught with Allah; most surely polytheism is a grievous iniquity--

وَوَصَّيْنَا الْاِنْسٰنَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ‌ۚ حَمَلَتْهُ اُمُّهٗ وَهْنًا عَلٰى وَهْنٍ وَّفِصٰلُهٗ فِىْ عَامَيْنِ اَنِ اشْكُرْ لِىْ وَلِوَالِدَيْكَؕ اِلَىَّ الْمَصِيْرُ‏(14)

(14) And We have enjoined man in respect of his parents-- his mother bears him with faintings upon faintings and his weaning takes two years-- saying: Be grateful to Me and to both your parents; to Me is the eventual coming.

وَاِنْ جَاهَدٰكَ عَلٰٓى اَنْ تُشْرِكَ بِىْ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهٖ عِلْمٌ ۙ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا‌ وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِى الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوْفًا‌ وَّاتَّبِعْ سَبِيْلَ مَنْ اَنَابَ اِلَىَّ ‌ۚ ثُمَّ اِلَىَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَاُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ‏(15)

(15) And if they contend with you that you should associate with Me what you have no knowledge of, do not obey them, and keep company with them in this world kindly, and follow the way of him who turns to Me, then to Me is your return, then will I inform you of what you did--

يٰبُنَىَّ اِنَّهَاۤ اِنْ تَكُ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ فَتَكُنْ فِىْ صَخْرَةٍ اَوْ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ اَوْ فِى الْاَرْضِ يَاْتِ بِهَا اللّٰهُ ‌ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَطِيْفٌ خَبِيْرٌ‏(16)

(16) O my son! surely if it is the very weight of the grain of a mustard-seed, even though it is in (the heart of) rock, or (high above) in the heaven or (deep down) in the earth, Allah will bring it (to light); surely Allah is Knower of subtleties, Aware;

يٰبُنَىَّ اَقِمِ الصَّلٰوةَ وَاْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوْفِ وَانْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَاصْبِرْ عَلٰى مَاۤ اَصَابَكَ‌ؕ اِنَّ ذٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْاُمُوْرِ‌ۚ ‏(17)

(17) O my son! keep up prayer and enjoin the good and forbid the evil, and bear patiently that which befalls you; surely these acts require courage;

وَلَا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى الْاَرْضِ مَرَحًا ‌ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخْتَالٍ فَخُوْرٍۚ‏(18)

(18) And do not turn your face away from people in contempt, nor go about in the land exulting overmuch; surely Allah does not love any self-conceited boaster;

وَاقْصِدْ فِىْ مَشْيِكَ وَاغْضُضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ‌ؕ اِنَّ اَنْكَرَ الْاَصْوَاتِ لَصَوْتُ الْحَمِيْرِ‏(19)

(19) And pursue the right course in your going about and lower your voice; surely the most hateful of voices is braying of the asses.

اَلَمْ تَرَوْا اَنَّ اللّٰهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَّا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِ وَاَسْبَغَ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعَمَهٗ ظَاهِرَةً وَّبَاطِنَةً ‌ؕ وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُّجَادِلُ فِى اللّٰهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَّلَا هُدًى وَّلَا كِتٰبٍ مُّنِيْرٍ‏(20)

(20) Do you not see that Allah has made what is in the heavens and what is in the earth subservient to you, and made complete to you His favors outwardly and inwardly? And among men is he who disputes in respect of Allah though having no knowledge nor guidance, nor a book giving light.

وَ اِذَا قِيْلَ لَهُمُ اتَّبِعُوْا مَآ اَنْزَلَ اللّٰهُ قَالُوْا بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ اٰبَآءَنَا ؕ اَوَلَوْ كَانَ الشَّيْطٰنُ يَدْعُوْهُمْ اِلٰى عَذَابِ السَّعِيْرِ‏(21)

(21) And when it is said to them: Follow what Allah has revealed, they say: Nay, we follow that on which we found our fathers. What! though the Shaitan calls them to the chastisement of the burning fire!

وَمَنْ يُّسْلِمْ وَجْهَهٗۤ اِلَى اللّٰهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقٰى‌ؕ وَاِلَى اللّٰهِ عَاقِبَةُ الْاُمُوْرِ‏(22)

(22) And whoever submits himself wholly to Allah and he is the doer of good (to others), he indeed has taken hold of the firmest thing upon which one can lay hold; and Allah's is the end of affairs.

وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَلَا يَحْزُنْكَ كُفْرُهٗ ؕ اِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ فَنُنَبِّئُهُمْ بِمَا عَمِلُوْا ‌ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلِيْمٌۢ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُوْرِ‏(23)

(23) And whoever disbelieves, let not his disbelief grieve you; to Us is their return, then will We inform them of what they did surely Allah is the Knower of what is in the breasts.

نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيْلًا ثُمَّ نَضْطَرُّهُمْ اِلٰى عَذَابٍ غَلِيْظٍ‏(24)

(24) We give them to enjoy a little, then will We drive them to a severe chastisement.

وَلَئِنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضَ لَيَقُوْلُنَّ اللّٰهُ‌ ؕ قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ‌ ؕ بَلْ اَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ‏(25)

(25) And if you ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will certainly say: Allah. Say: (All) praise is due to Allah; nay! most of them do not know.

لِلّٰهِ مَا فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ‌ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الْغَنِىُّ الْحَمِيْدُ‏(26)

(26) What is in the heavens and the earth is Allah's; surely Allah is the Self-sufficient, the Praised.

وَلَوْ اَنَّ مَا فِى الْاَرْضِ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ اَقْلَامٌ وَّالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهٗ مِنْۢ بَعْدِهٖ سَبْعَةُ اَبْحُرٍ مَّا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمٰتُ اللّٰهِ‌ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَزِيْزٌ حَكِيْمٌ‏(27)

(27) And were every tree that is in the earth (made into) pens and the sea (to supply it with ink), with seven more seas to increase it, the words of Allah would not come to an end; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.

مَا خَلْقُكُمْ وَلَا بَعْثُكُمْ اِلَّا كَنَفْسٍ وَّاحِدَةٍ‌ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ سَمِيْعٌۢ بَصِيْرٌ‏(28)

(28) Neither your creation nor your raising is anything but as a single soul; surely Allah is Hearing, Seeing.

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ يُوْلِجُ الَّيْلَ فِى النَّهَارِ وَيُوْلِجُ النَّهَارَ فِى الَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَّجْرِىْۤ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَّاَنَّ اللّٰهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُوْنَ خَبِيْرٌ‏(29)

(29) Do you not see that Allah makes the night to enter into the day, and He makes the day to enter into the night, and He has made the sun and the moon subservient (to you); each pursues its course till an appointed time; and that Allah is Aware of what you do?

ذٰ لِكَ بِاَنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَاَنَّ مَا يَدْعُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِهِ الْبَاطِلُ ۙ وَاَنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ الْعَلِىُّ الْكَبِيْرُ‏(30)

(30) This is because Allah is the Truth, and that which they call upon besides Him is the falsehood, and that Allah is the High, the Great.

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ الْفُلْكَ تَجْرِىْ فِى الْبَحْرِ بِنِعْمَتِ اللّٰهِ لِيُرِيَكُمْ مِّنْ اٰيٰتِهٖؕ اِنَّ فِىْ ذٰ لِكَ لَاٰيٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُوْرٍ‏(31)

(31) Do you not see that the ships run on in the sea by Allah's favor that He may show you of His signs? Most surely there are signs in this for every patient endurer, grateful one.

وَاِذَا غَشِيَهُمْ مَّوْجٌ كَالظُّلَلِ دَعَوُا اللّٰهَ مُخْلِصِيْنَ لَهُ الدِّيْنَ ۙ فَلَمَّا نَجّٰٮهُمْ اِلَى الْبَرِّ فَمِنْهُمْ مُّقْتَصِدٌ ‌ؕ وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِاٰيٰتِنَاۤ اِلَّا كُلُّ خَتَّارٍ كَفُوْرٍ‏(32)

(32) And when a wave like mountains covers them they call upon Allah, being sincere to Him in obedience, but when He brings them safe to the land, some of them follow the middle course; and none denies Our signs but every perfidious, ungrateful one.

يٰۤاَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوْا رَبَّكُمْ وَاخْشَوْا يَوْمًا لَّا يَجْزِىْ وَالِدٌ عَنْ وَّلَدِهٖ وَلَا مَوْلُوْدٌ هُوَ جَازٍ عَنْ وَّالِدِهٖ شَيْئًا‌ ؕ اِنَّ وَعْدَ اللّٰهِ حَقٌّ‌ فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْحَيٰوةُ الدُّنْيَا وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُمْ بِاللّٰهِ الْغَرُوْرُ‏(33)

(33) O people! guard against (the punishment of) your Lord and dread the day when a father shall not make any satisfaction for his son, nor shall the child be the maker of any satisfaction for his father; surely the promise of Allah is true, therefore let not this world's life deceive you, nor let the archdeceiver deceive you in respect of Allah.

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عِنْدَهٗ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ‌ ۚ وَيُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ‌ ۚ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى الْاَرْحَامِ‌ ؕ وَمَا تَدْرِىْ نَفْسٌ مَّاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا‌ ؕ وَّمَا تَدْرِىْ نَفْسٌۢ بِاَىِّ اَرْضٍ تَمُوْتُ ‌ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلِيْمٌ خَبِيْرٌ ‏(34)

(34) Surely Allah is He with Whom is the knowledge of the hour, and He sends down the rain and He knows what is in the wombs; and no one knows what he shall earn on the morrow; and no one knows in what land he shall die; surely Allah is Knowing, Aware.