Surah Luqman (لقمان) • Luqman

Quran 31:13

31:13

وَإِذْ قَالَ لُقْمَـٰنُ لِٱبْنِهِۦ وَهُوَ يَعِظُهُۥ يَـٰبُنَىَّ لَا تُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ

wa-idh qāla luq'mānu li-ib'nihi wahuwa yaʿiẓuhu yābunayya lā tush'rik bil-lahi inna l-shir'ka laẓul'mun ʿaẓīmun

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."

— Saheeh International

Luqman counselled his son, ‘My son, do not attribute any partners to God: attributing partners to Him is a terrible wrong.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) when Luqmân said to his son when he was advising him: "O my son! Join not in worship others with Allâh. Verily joining others in worship with Allâh is a great Zûlm (wrong) indeed.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
قَالَqālasaid
لُقْمَـٰنُluq'mānuLuqman
لِٱبْنِهِۦli-ib'nihito his son
وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
يَعِظُهُۥyaʿiẓuhu(was) instructing him
يَـٰبُنَىَّyābunayyaO my son
لَاlā(Do) not
تُشْرِكْtush'rikassociate partners
بِٱللَّهِۖbil-lahiwith Allah
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلشِّرْكَl-shir'kaassociating partners
لَظُلْمٌlaẓul'mun(is) surely an injustice
عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmungreat