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Surah Luqman, Verse 19

سورة لقمان، الآية ١٩

31:19 Juz 21 Hizb 41 Page 412 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 31:19

وَٱقْصِدْ فِى مَشْيِكَ وَٱغْضُضْ مِن صَوْتِكَ إِنَّ أَنكَرَ ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِ لَصَوْتُ ٱلْحَمِيرِ ۝١٩

Transliteration

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

Translation

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

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Verse 19 of Surah Luqman (31:19), a Meccan surah, is in juz 21, on page 412 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 19

Al-Mukhtasar

Be moderate in your manner of walking: between hastiness and lethargy, displaying dignity. And lower your voice; do not raise it such that it causes inconvenience. Indeed, the most hideous of sounds is that of the donkey because of them being loud.

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Other translations of verse 19

Be moderate in your gait and lower your voice. Indeed, the most repugnant of voices is the voice of donkeys.”

"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."

Be modest in thy bearing and subdue thy voice. Lo! the harshest of all voices is the voice of the ass.

"And be moderate in thy pace, and lower thy voice; for the harshest of sounds without doubt is the braying of the ass."

And pursue the right course in your going about and lower your voice; surely the most hateful of voices is braying of the asses.

And be moderate in your walk, and tone down your voice; surely the most repugnant of voices is indeed that of the asses."

Verse 19 word by word

  1. وَٱقْصِدْ wa-iq'ṣid And be moderate ق ص د
  2. فِى fī in
  3. مَشْيِكَ mashyika your pace م ش ي
  4. وَٱغْضُضْ wa-ugh'ḍuḍ and lower غ ض ض
  5. مِن min [of]
  6. صَوْتِكَ ṣawtika your voice ص و ت
  7. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  8. أَنكَرَ ankara (the) harshest ن ك ر
  9. ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِ l-aṣwāti (of all) sounds ص و ت
  10. لَصَوْتُ laṣawtu (is) surely (the) voice ص و ت
  11. ٱلْحَمِيرِ l-ḥamīri (of) the donkeys ح م ر

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