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Luqman 13

Ayah 13 of 34 · Meccan

وَإِذۡ قَالَ لُقۡمَٰنُ لِٱبۡنِهِۦ وَهُوَ يَعِظُهُۥ يَٰبُنَيَّ لَا تُشۡرِكۡ بِٱللَّهِۖ إِنَّ ٱلشِّرۡكَ لَظُلۡمٌ عَظِيمٞ ١٣

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Luqmān said to his son while he was instructing him, "O my son, do not associate [anything] with Allāh. Indeed, association [with Him] is great injustice."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. قَالَsaidqāla
  3. لُقۡمَٰنُLuqmanluq'mānu
  4. لِٱبۡنِهِۦto his sonli-ib'nihi
  5. وَهُوَwhile hewahuwa
  6. يَعِظُهُۥ(was) instructing himyaʿiẓuhu
  7. يَٰبُنَيَّO my sonyābunayya
  8. لَا(Do) notlā
  9. تُشۡرِكۡassociate partnerstush'rik
  10. بِٱللَّهِۖwith Allahbil-lahi
  11. إِنَّIndeedinna
  12. ٱلشِّرۡكَassociating partnersl-shir'ka
  13. لَظُلۡمٌ(is) surely an injusticelaẓul'mun
  14. عَظِيمٞgreatʿaẓīmun

Tafsir

O Messenger! Remember when Luqman said to his son, encouraging him to do good and warning him from evil, “O my son! Do not worship any of the creation along with Allah; indeed the worship of a deity besides Allah is a grave injustice on the self, and is a cause for permanently staying in the hellfire.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran