Surah 31. Luqman

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Verses [Section]: 1-11[1], 12-19 [2], 20-30 [3], 31-34 [4]

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Quran Text of Verse 31-34اَلَمْDo notتَرَyou seeاَنَّthatالْفُلْكَthe shipsتَجْرِیْsailفِیthroughالْبَحْرِthe seaبِنِعْمَتِby (the) Graceاللّٰهِ(of) Allahلِیُرِیَكُمْthat He may show youمِّنْofاٰیٰتِهٖ ؕHis SignsاِنَّIndeedفِیْinذٰلِكَthatلَاٰیٰتٍsurely (are) Signsلِّكُلِّfor everyoneصَبَّارٍ(who is) patientشَكُوْرٍ grateful وَ اِذَاAnd whenغَشِیَهُمْcovers themمَّوْجٌa waveكَالظُّلَلِlike canopiesدَعَوُاthey callاللّٰهَAllahمُخْلِصِیْنَ(being) sincereلَهُto Himالدِّیْنَ ۚ۬(in) religionفَلَمَّاBut whenنَجّٰىهُمْHe delivers themاِلَیtoالْبَرِّthe landفَمِنْهُمْthen among themمُّقْتَصِدٌ ؕ(some are) moderateوَ مَاAnd notیَجْحَدُdenyبِاٰیٰتِنَاۤOur Signsاِلَّاexceptكُلُّeveryخَتَّارٍtraitorكَفُوْرٍ ungrateful یٰۤاَیُّهَاOالنَّاسُmankindاتَّقُوْاFearرَبَّكُمْyour Lordوَ اخْشَوْاand fearیَوْمًاa Dayلَّاnotیَجْزِیْcan availوَالِدٌa fatherعَنْ[for]وَّلَدِهٖ ؗhis sonوَ لَاand notمَوْلُوْدٌa sonهُوَheجَازٍ(can) availعَنْ[for]وَّالِدِهٖhis fatherشَیْـًٔا ؕanythingاِنَّIndeedوَعْدَ(the) Promiseاللّٰهِ(of) Allahحَقٌّ(is) Trueفَلَاso let not deceive youتَغُرَّنَّكُمُso let not deceive youالْحَیٰوةُthe lifeالدُّنْیَا ۥ(of) the worldوَ لَاand let not deceive youیَغُرَّنَّكُمْand let not deceive youبِاللّٰهِabout Allahالْغَرُوْرُ the deceiver اِنَّIndeedاللّٰهَAllahعِنْدَهٗwith Himعِلْمُ(is the) knowledgeالسَّاعَةِ ۚ(of) the Hourوَ یُنَزِّلُand He sends downالْغَیْثَ ۚthe rainوَ یَعْلَمُand knowsمَاwhatفِی(is) inالْاَرْحَامِ ؕthe wombsوَ مَاAnd notتَدْرِیْknowsنَفْسٌany soulمَّا ذَاwhatتَكْسِبُit will earnغَدًا ؕtomorrowوَ مَاand notتَدْرِیْknowsنَفْسٌۢany soulبِاَیِّin whatاَرْضٍlandتَمُوْتُ ؕit will dieاِنَّIndeedاللّٰهَAllahعَلِیْمٌ(is) All-Knowerخَبِیْرٌ۠All-Aware

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Translation of Verse 31-34

31. Do you not see that the ships sail ˹smoothly˺ through the sea by the grace of Allah so that He may show you some of His signs? Surely in this are signs for whoever is steadfast, grateful.

32. And as soon as they are overwhelmed by waves like mountains, they cry out to Allah ˹alone˺ in sincere devotion. But when He delivers them ˹safely˺ to shore, only some become relatively grateful. And none rejects Our signs except whoever is deceitful, ungrateful.

33. O humanity! Be mindful of your Lord, and beware of a Day when no parent will be of any benefit to their child, nor will a child be of any benefit to their parent. Surely Allah's promise is true. So do not let the life of this world deceive you, nor let the Chief Deceiver ⁸³⁶ deceive you about Allah.

34. Indeed, Allah ˹alone˺ has the knowledge of the Hour. He sends down the rain, ⁸³⁸ and knows what is in the wombs. ⁸³⁹ No soul knows what it will earn for tomorrow, and no soul knows in what land it will die. Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware.

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Commentary

836. Satan.

837. See footnote for 6:59.

838. He knows precisely when, where, and how much rain falls, and whether it is going to be drunk by people and animals or used for irrigation, or absorbed by the earth, etc.

839. The Prophet ( ﷺ ) was reported in a ḥadîth collected by Bukhâri and Muslim to have said, "Indeed, the creation of each one of you is brought together in the womb of one's mother as a drop of ˹male and female˺ discharges for forty days, then one becomes a clinging clot of blood for a similar period, then a lump of flesh for a similar period. Then an angel is sent to blow the breath of life into the embryo. The angel is then commanded to write four things: one's destined provisions, lifespan, actions, and whether one will be happy or miserable ˹in the Hereafter˺."