Surah Luqman (لقمان) • Luqman

Quran 31:19

31:19

وَٱقْصِدْ فِى مَشْيِكَ وَٱغْضُضْ مِن صَوْتِكَ ۚ إِنَّ أَنكَرَ ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِ لَصَوْتُ ٱلْحَمِيرِ

wa-iq'ṣid fī mashyika wa-ugh'ḍuḍ min ṣawtika inna ankara l-aṣwāti laṣawtu l-ḥamīri

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

— Saheeh International

Go at a moderate pace and lower your voice, for the ugliest of all voices is the braying of asses.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"And be moderate (or show no insolence) in your walking, and lower your voice. Verily, the harshest of all voices is the braying of the asses."

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

Juz 21Page 412meccan

Word by Word

وَٱقْصِدْwa-iq'ṣidAnd be moderate
فِىfīin
مَشْيِكَmashyikayour pace
وَٱغْضُضْwa-ugh'ḍuḍand lower
مِنmin[of]
صَوْتِكَۚṣawtikayour voice
إِنَّinnaIndeed
أَنكَرَankara(the) harshest
ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِl-aṣwāti(of all) sounds
لَصَوْتُlaṣawtu(is) surely (the) voice
ٱلْحَمِيرِl-ḥamīri(of) the donkeys