سورة لقمان   

Surah Name: Luqman Meaning: Luqman

  • Revealed at Makkah
  • Total Number of Rukū / Sections 4
  • Total Number of Āyāt / Parts 34
  • Sūrah / Chapter number 31
  • Rukū / Section 3 contains Āyāt / Parts 11
  • Siparah / Volume 21

bismillah

أَلَمْ تَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَأَسْبَغَ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعَمَهُ ظَاهِرَةً وَبَاطِنَةً وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يُجَادِلُ فِي اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَلَا هُدًى وَلَا كِتَابٍ مُّنِيرٍ

Alam taraw anna Allaha sakhkhara lakum ma fee a(l)ssamawati wama fee alardi waasbagha AAalaykum niAAamahu thahiratan wabatinatan wamina a(l)nnasi man yujadilu fee Allahi bighayri AAilmin wala hudan wala kitabin muneer(in)

Do you not see that Allah-SWT has subjected for you whatever is in the earth, and has completed His-SWT favours on you outwardly and inwardly. And yet of mankind is one who disputes concerning Allah-SWT without knowledge and with neither guidance nor luminous Book.

(31:20)

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّبِعُوا مَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ قَالُوا بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ آبَاءنَا أَوَلَوْ كَانَ الشَّيْطَانُ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى عَذَابِ السَّعِيرِ

Waitha qeela lahumu ittabiAAoo ma anzala Allahu qaloo bal nattabiAAu ma wajadna AAalayhi abaana awalaw kana a(l)shshaytanu yadAAoohum ila AAathabi a(l)ssaAAeer(i)

And when it is said to them: Follow what Allah-SWT has sent down, they say: Nay! We shall follow that we found our fathers upon. What! Even though Satan had been calling on them to the torment of the blaze.

(31:21)

وَمَن يُسْلِمْ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَى وَإِلَى اللَّهِ عَاقِبَةُ الْأُمُورِ

Waman yuslim wajhahu ila Allahi wahuwa muhsinun faqadi istamsaka bi(a)lAAurwati alwuthqa waila Allahi AAaqibatu alomoor(i)

And whoever submits his face to Allah-SWT and he is well-doer, he has of a surety lain hold of a firm cord. Unto Allah-SWT is the end of all affairs.

(31:22)

وَمَن كَفَرَ فَلَا يَحْزُنكَ كُفْرُهُ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ فَنُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

Waman kafara fala yahzunka kufruhu ilayna marjiAAuhum fanunabbiohum bima AAamiloo inna Allaha AAaleemun bithati a(l)ssudoor(i)

And whoever disbeliever let not his infidelity grieve you. To Us-SWT is their return, and We-SWT shall declare to them what they have worked. Verily Allah-SWT is the Knower of what is in their breasts.

(31:23)

نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ نَضْطَرُّهُمْ إِلَى عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ

NumattiAAuhum qaleelan thumma nadtarruhum ila AAathabin ghaleeth(in)

We-SWT let them enjoy for a while, and then We-SWT shall drive them to rough torment.

(31:24)

وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللَّهُ قُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Walain saaltahum man khalaqa a(l)ssamawati wa(a)larda layaqoolunna Allahu quli alhamdu lillahi bal aktharuhum la yaAAlamoon(a)

And were you-SW ask them: Who has created the heavens and the earth, they will surely say Allah-SWT . Say you-SW: All Praise to Allah-SWT ! But most of them know not.

(31:25)

لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ الْحَمِيدُ

Lillahi ma fee a(l)ssamawati wa(a)lardi inna Allaha huwa alghaniyyu alhameed(u)

Allah-SWT ’s is whatever is in the earth. Verily Allah-SWT ! He-SWT is the Self-sufficient, the Laudable.

(31:26)

وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِن شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَامٌ وَالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُ مِن بَعْدِهِ سَبْعَةُ أَبْحُرٍ مَّا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَاتُ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

Walaw annama fee alardi min shajaratin aqlamun wa(a)lbahru yamudduhu min baAAdihi sabAAatu abhurin ma nafidat kalimatu Allahi inna Allaha AAazeezun hakeem(un)

And if whatever trees are on the earth were pens and sea were ink, with seven more seas to help, the words of Allah-SWT could not be exhausted; verily Allah-SWT is Mighty, Wise.

(31:27)

مَّا خَلْقُكُمْ وَلَا بَعْثُكُمْ إِلَّا كَنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ

Ma khalqukum wala baAAthukum illa kanafsin wahidatin inna Allaha sameeAAun baser(un)

And the creation of you all and the upraising of you all are as though one soul, verily Allah-SWT is hearing, Beholding.

(31:28)

أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَيُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِي إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ

Alam tara anna Allaha yooliju allayla fee a(l)nnahari wayooliju a(l)nnahara fee allayli wasakhkhara a(l)shshamsa wa(a)lqamara kullun yajree ila ajalin musamman waanna Allaha bima taAAmaloona khabeer(un)

Do you not see that Allah-SWT plunges the day into the night and the night into day and has subjected the sun and the moon, each running to an appointed term, and that Allah-SWT is Aware of what you do?

(31:29)

ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ الْبَاطِلُ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ

Thalika bianna Allaha huwa alhaqqu waanna ma yadAAoona min doonihi albatilu waanna Allaha huwa alAAaliyyu alkabeer(u)

That is because Allah-SWT ! He-SWT is the Truth, because whatever they call upon beside Allah-SWT is falsehood, and because He-SWT is the Exalted, the Great.

(31:30)
In The Name of Allah-SWT the Most Gracious, The Most Merciful
SECRETS OF REVELATION:

Are you oblivious of the fact that Allah-SWT has placed all that is in the heavens and the earth at your service? The scientific research also proves that earth is the focal point of all stars or planets so far discovered. Their movement, their light and their heat generates varying effects on earth. The light and movement of the sun and the moon are obliged to sustain life on earth, which indeed are serving mankind. Similarly the angels in the celestial world are also assigned certain duties with regard to human life. At the same time they are required to pray for all those engaged in Allah-SWT’s worships. 

 

Hidden And Manifest Favours

Moreover He-SWT has blessed man with all kinds of favours, some of which are manifest while others are hidden. The former category pertains to all the disciplines and sciences within the access of human intellect, to the highest favours concern the Prophethood and the Messengership, the only source of acquiring Allah-SWT’s cognition. Every human being can benefit from both alike. Yet there are many people who despite so many favours, are not only reluctant to accept the Supreme Being but also resort to squabbling and disbelief. They argue in favour of infidelity without genuine evidence, logic or Divine Book, whereas there is logical, factual and recorded evidence available over Truth. When called upon to accept the Truth in the form of Divine Revelations and to practise His-SWT injunctions, their response is negative. They Rather prefer to follow the rituals of their forefathers. In fact, Satan is driving them to Hell.

 

As for those who have accepted the invitation towards Allah-SWT , they have not favoured anyone. Whoever submits sincerely to Allah-SWT’s Will and practically adheres to His-SWT obedience with utmost devotion has indeed grasped a very strong cord. He-SWT is protected against all losses, as all the Prophets-AS and the Messengers-AS, the Companions-RAU and the Mujahideen, the Aulia’ and the Righteous are holding to the same cord, which is the triumphant group. The outcome of everything being in with Allah-SWT , no power in the world can harm this group. And whoever opts for the path of denial, the Holy Prophet-SW need not be saddened for him, as every individual enjoys the right to make this decision, for which he is answerable to Allah-SWT . He-SWT will not be able to conceal anything from Allah-SWT , Who is well Aware of the secrets of the heart.

 

People have a very limited time of respite, in which they are availing His-SWT bounties. They will be ultimately caught and dragged to the most awful doom. The Holy Prophet-SW may ask them as to who do they think is the creator of the heavens, the earth and the universal system? They will be compelled to confess Allah-SWT as there is no other answer to this question. It is Allah-SWT Alone to Whom all Praise and Excellence can be attributed while majority of people are unaware and ignorant. Of course, all excellence within the heavens is independent and Absolute, worthy of all Praise. Everything is dependent on Him-SWT . If the trees of the entire world became pens and the oceans increased seven times and became ink, and one kept on writing until all stocks were exhausted, His-SWT knowledge, His-SWT Excellence and His-SWT Attributes will not end.

 

Undoubtedly Allah-SWT is the Most Exalted and Wise. It is easy for Him-SWT to bring mankind to life, award death and then resurrect it, as it is for Him-SWT to give life to a single soul. And not a single soul or its affairs are obscured from His-SWT Sight as He-SWT is all Knowing, Hearing and Seeing.

 

O’ Reader! Don’t you see how Allah-SWT transforms the night and its hours into a day, and how He-SWT drives the day into the night? He-SWT has subdued the sun and the moon to travel along the predetermined orbits at a programmed pace and time. In case of slight variation in their pace, direction or timings the entire universal system would fall apart. But everything is running smoothly. So the Rabb-SWT of the entire universe Who is so well Aware of the intricacies of such a vast system is certainly Aware of the actions of people. All these evidences prove that undoubtedly He-SWT is the Rabb-SWT , while anyone considered parallel to Him-SWT is surely false. He-SWT is far too Exalted and Magnificent for such comparisons.

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