1. A. L. M.
2. These are Verses of the Wise
Book,-
3. A Guide and a Mercy to the Doers
of Good,-
4. Those who establish regular
Prayer, and give regular Charity, and have (in their hearts)
the assurance of the Hereafter.
5. These are on (true) guidance
from their Lord: and these are the ones who will prosper.
6. But there are, among men, those
who purchase idle tales, without knowledge (or meaning),
to mislead (men) from the Path of Allah and throw ridicule
(on the Path): for such there will be a Humiliating Penalty.
7. When Our Signs are rehearsed
to such a one, he turns away in arrogance, as if he heard
them not, as if there were deafness in both his ears: announce
to him a grievous Penalty.
8. For those who believe and work
righteous deeds, there will be Gardens of Bliss,-
9. To dwell therein. The promise
of Allah is true: and He is Exalted in Power, Wise.
10. He created the heavens without
any pillars that ye can see; He set on the earth mountains
standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and He scattered
through it beasts of all kinds. We send down rain from the
sky, and produce on the earth every kind of noble creature,
in pairs.
11. Such is the Creation of Allah.
now show Me what is there that others besides Him have created:
nay, but the Transgressors are in manifest error.
12. we bestowed (in the past)
Wisdom on Luqman: "Show (thy) gratitude to Allah." Any who
is (so) grateful does so to the profit of his own soul:
but if any is ungrateful, verily Allah is free of all wants,
Worthy of all praise.
13. Behold, Luqman said to his
son by way of instruction: "O my son! join not in worship
(others) with Allah. for false worship is indeed the highest
wrong-doing."
14. And We have enjoined on man
(to be good) to his parents: in travail upon travail did
his mother bear him, and in years twain was his weaning:
(hear the command), "Show gratitude to Me and to thy parents:
to Me is (thy final) Goal.
15. "But if they strive to make
thee join in worship with Me things of which thou hast no
knowledge, obey them not; yet bear them company in this
life with justice (and consideration), and follow the way
of those who turn to me (in love): in the end the return
of you all is to Me, and I will tell you the truth (and
meaning) of all that ye did."
16. "O my son!" (said Luqman),
"If there be (but) the weight of a mustard-seed and it were
(hidden) in a rock, or (anywhere) in the heavens or on earth,
Allah will bring it forth: for Allah understands the finest
mysteries, (and) is well-acquainted (with them).
17. "O my son! establish regular
prayer, enjoin what is just, and forbid what is wrong: and
bear with patient constancy whatever betide thee; for this
is firmness (of purpose) in (the conduct of) affairs.
18. "And swell not thy cheek (for
pride) at men, nor walk in insolence through the earth;
for Allah loveth not any arrogant boaster.
19. "And be moderate in thy pace,
and lower thy voice; for the harshest of sounds without
doubt is the braying of the ass."
20. Do ye not see that Allah has
subjected to your (use) all things in the heavens and on
earth, and has made his bounties flow to you in exceeding
measure, (both) seen and unseen? Yet there are among men
those who dispute about Allah, without knowledge and without
guidance, and without a Book to enlighten them!
21. When they are told to follow
the (Revelation) that Allah has sent down, they say: "Nay,
we shall follow the ways that we found our fathers (following).
"What! even if it is Satan beckoning them to the Penalty
of the (Blazing) Fire?
22. Whoever submits his whole
self to Allah, and is a doer of good, has grasped indeed
the most trustworthy hand-hold: and with Allah rests the
End and Decision of (all) affairs.
23. But if any reject Faith, let
not his rejection grieve thee: to Us is their return, and
We shall tell them the truth of their deeds: for Allah knows
well all that is in (men's) hearts.
24. We grant them their pleasure
for a little while: in the end shall We drive them to a
chastisement unrelenting.
25. If thou ask them, who it is
that created the heavens and the earth. They will certainly
say, "(Allah)". Say: "Praise be to Allah." But most of them
understand not.
26. To Allah belong all things
in heaven and earth: verily Allah is He (that is) free of
all wants, worthy of all praise.
27. And if all the trees on earth
were pens and the ocean (were ink), with seven oceans behind
it to add to its (supply), yet would not the words of Allah
be exhausted (in the writing): for Allah is Exalted in Power,
full of Wisdom.
28. And your creation or your
resurrection is in no wise but as an individual soul: for
Allah is He Who hears and sees (all things).
29. Seest thou not that Allah
merges Night into Day and he merges Day into Night; that
He has subjected the sun, and the moon (to his Law), each
running its course for a term appointed; and that Allah
is well-acquainted with all that ye do?
30. That is because Allah is the
(only) Reality, and because whatever else they invoke besides
Him is Falsehood; and because Allah,- He is the Most High,
Most Great.
31. Seest thou not that the ships
sail through the ocean by the Grace of Allah.- that He may
show you of His Signs? Verily in this are Signs for all
who constantly persevere and give thanks.
32. When a wave covers them like
the canopy (of clouds), they call to Allah, offering Him
sincere devotion. But when He has delivered them safely
to land, there are among them those that halt between (right
and wrong). But none reject Our Signs except only a perfidious
ungrateful (wretch)!
33. O mankind! do your duty to
your Lord, and fear (the coming of) a Day when no father
can avail aught for his son, nor a son avail aught for his
father. Verily, the promise of Allah is true: let not then
this present life deceive you, nor let the chief Deceiver
deceive you about Allah.
34. Verily the knowledge of the
Hour is with Allah (alone). It is He Who sends down rain,
and He Who knows what is in the wombs. Nor does any one
know what it is that he will earn on the morrow: Nor does
any one know in what land he is to die. Verily with Allah
is full knowledge and He is acquainted (with all things).
Yusuf
Ali 
