Surah Luqman (لقمان) • Luqman

Quran 31:17

31:17

يَـٰبُنَىَّ أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأْمُرْ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَٱنْهَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَصَابَكَ ۖ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ ٱلْأُمُورِ

yābunayya aqimi l-ṣalata wamur bil-maʿrūfi wa-in'ha ʿani l-munkari wa-iṣ'bir ʿalā mā aṣābaka inna dhālika min ʿazmi l-umūri

O my son, establish prayer, enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, and be patient over what befalls you. Indeed, [all] that is of the matters [requiring] resolve.

— Saheeh International

Keep up the prayer, my son; command what is right; forbid what is wrong; bear anything that happens to you steadfastly: these are things to be aspired to.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"O my son! Aqim-As-Salât (perform As-Salât), enjoin (on people) Al-Ma‘rûf - (Islâmic Monotheism and all that is good), and forbid (people) from Al-Munkar (i.e. disbelief in the Oneness of Allâh, polytheism of all kinds and all that is evil and bad), and bear with patience whatever befalls you. Verily, these are some of the important commandments (ordered by Allâh with no exemption).

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

Juz 21Page 412meccan

Word by Word

يَـٰبُنَىَّyābunayyaO my son
أَقِمِaqimiEstablish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
وَأْمُرْwamurand enjoin
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfi[with] the right
وَٱنْهَwa-in'haand forbid
عَنِʿanifrom
ٱلْمُنكَرِl-munkarithe wrong
وَٱصْبِرْwa-iṣ'birand be patient
عَلَىٰʿalāover
مَآmāwhat
أَصَابَكَۖaṣābakabefalls you
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
مِنْmin(is) of
عَزْمِʿazmithe matters requiring determination
ٱلْأُمُورِl-umūrithe matters requiring determination