Surah 31: Luqman
The Holy Qur’an with English Translation and Short Commentary
[a]In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.
[a] 1:1.
[b]Alif Lam Mim.
[b] 30:2.
[c]These are verses of the Book, full of wisdom,[2301]
[c] 10:2.
[2301] The Holy Qur’an is indeed such a wonderful Book that not a single one of the great truths, principles and ideals, enumerated and proclaimed by it, has been contradicted or falsified by ancient learning or science, or by modern discoveries and inventions. It has eminently held its own and proved equal to the exigencies of time in every age and period.
[d]A guidance and a mercy for those who do good,
[d] 16:90; 27:3.
[e]Those who observe Prayer and pay the Zakat and who have firm faith in the Hereafter.
[e] 2:4; 5:56; 9:71; 27:4.
[f]It is they who follow guidance from their Lord, and it is they who shall prosper.
[f] 2:6.
And of men is he who takes idle tales in exchange for guidance[2302] to lead men astray from the path of Allah, without knowledge, and to make a fun of it. For such there will be humiliating punishment.
[2302] Life is a very serious thing. Man has been created to serve a very noble and grand purpose. But men of frivolous turn of mind fritter away their precious time and energy in vain pursuits and foolish diversions (23:116).
And when Our Signs are recited to him, he turns away disdainfully, as though he heard them not, as if there were a heaviness in his ears. So announce to him a painful punishment.
Surely, those who believe and do good works—they will have Gardens of Delight,
Wherein they will abide. Allah has made a true promise; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
[a]He has created the heavens without any pillars that you can see, and [b]He has placed[2303] in the earth firm mountains that it may not quake with you, and He has spread therein all kinds of creatures; and We have sent down water from the clouds, and have [c]caused to grow therein of every fine species.
[a] 13:3.
[b] 13:4; 15:20; 16:16; 77:28.
[2303] Elsewhere (13:4) the Holy Qur’an has used the word Ja‘ala (He has made) to express the sense of Alqa (He has placed) which shows that mountains formed a part of the earth and were not placed on it from outside.
[c] 27:61; 50:8.
This is the creation of Allah. Now show me what others beside Him have created. Nay, but the wrongdoers are in manifest error.