“We endowed Luqman with
wisdom: ‘Be thankful to God: whoever gives thanks benefits his own soul, and as
for those who are thankless––God is self-sufficient, worthy of all praise.’
Luqman counselled his
son,
‘My son, do not attribute
any partners to God: attributing partners to Him is a terrible wrong.’ We have
commanded people to be good to their parents: their mothers carried them, with
strain upon strain, and it takes two years to wean them. Give thanks to Me and
to your parents– all will return to Me.
If they strive to make
you associate with Me anything about which you have no knowledge, then do not
obey them. Yet keep their company in this life according to what is right, and
follow the path of those who turn to Me. You will all return to Me in the end, and
I will tell you everything that you have done. [And Luqman continued], ‘My son,
if even the weight of a mustard seed were hidden in a rock or anywhere in the
heavens or earth, God would bring it [to light], for He is All Subtle and All
Aware.
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. Do not turn your nose up at
people, nor walk about the place arrogantly, for God does not love arrogant or
boastful people. Go at a moderate pace and lower your voice, for the ugliest of
all voices is the braying of donkeys.’
[Humankind], do you not
see how God has made what is in the heavens and on the earth useful to you, and
has lavished His blessings on you both outwardly and inwardly?”
[The Glorious Quran: Chapter 31, Verses
12-20]
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