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Luqman 19

Ayah 19 of 34 · Meccan

وَٱقۡصِدۡ فِي مَشۡيِكَ وَٱغۡضُضۡ مِن صَوۡتِكَۚ إِنَّ أَنكَرَ ٱلۡأَصۡوَٰتِ لَصَوۡتُ ٱلۡحَمِيرِ ١٩

And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of sounds is the voice of donkeys."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱقۡصِدۡAnd be moderatewa-iq'ṣid
  2. فِيinfī
  3. مَشۡيِكَyour pacemashyika
  4. وَٱغۡضُضۡand lowerwa-ugh'ḍuḍ
  5. مِن[of]min
  6. صَوۡتِكَۚyour voiceṣawtika
  7. إِنَّIndeedinna
  8. أَنكَرَ(the) harshestankara
  9. ٱلۡأَصۡوَٰتِ(of all) soundsl-aṣwāti
  10. لَصَوۡتُ(is) surely (the) voicelaṣawtu
  11. ٱلۡحَمِيرِ(of) the donkeysl-ḥamīri

Tafsir

Be moderate in your manner of walking: between hastiness and lethargy, displaying dignity. And lower your voice; do not raise it such that it causes inconvenience. Indeed, the most hideous of sounds is that of the donkey because of them being loud.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran