Quran 31:15 — Luqman, verse 15
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.
وَإِنْ جَاهَدَاكَ عَلَىٰ أَنْ تُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا ۖ وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفًا ۖ وَاتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ مَنْ أَنَابَ إِلَيَّ ۚ ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
wa-in jāhadāka ʿalā an tush'rika bī mā laysa laka bihi ʿil'mun falā tuṭiʿ'humā waṣāḥib'humā fī l-dun'yā maʿrūfan wa-ittabiʿ sabīla man anāba ilayya thumma ilayya marjiʿukum fa-unabbi-ukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But if they strive with thee to make thee associate with Me that whereof thou hast no knowledge, then do not obey them. Keep them company honourable in this world; but follow the way of him who turns to Me. Then unto Me you shall return, and I shall tell you what you were doing.')
- Muhammad Asad
- “‘[Revere thy parents;] yet should they endeavour to make thee ascribe divinity, side by side with Me, to something which thy mind cannot accept [as divine], obey them not; but [even then] bear them company in this world’s life with kindness, and follow the path of those who turn towards Me. In the end, unto Me you all must return; and thereupon I shall make you [truly] understand all that you were doing [in life].’
- Sahih International
- But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them but accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness and follow the way of those who turn back to Me [in repentance]. Then to Me will be your return, and I will inform you about what you used to do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنwa-in | But if | — |
| 2 | جَـٰهَدَاكَjāhadāka | they strive against you | جهد |
| 3 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | on | — |
| 4 | أَنan | that | — |
| 5 | تُشْرِكَtush'rika | you associate partners | شرك |
| 6 | بِىbī | with Me | — |
| 7 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 8 | لَيْسَlaysa | not | ليس |
| 9 | لَكَlaka | you have | — |
| 10 | بِهِۦbihi | of it | — |
| 11 | عِلْمٌۭʿil'mun | any knowledge | علم |
| 12 | فَلَاfalā | then (do) not | — |
| 13 | تُطِعْهُمَا ۖtuṭiʿ'humā | obey both of them | طوع |
| 14 | وَصَاحِبْهُمَاwaṣāḥib'humā | But accompany them | صحب |
| 15 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 16 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | the world | دنو |
| 17 | مَعْرُوفًۭا ۖmaʿrūfan | (with) kindness | عرف |
| 18 | وَٱتَّبِعْwa-ittabiʿ | and follow | تبع |
| 19 | سَبِيلَsabīla | (the) path | سبل |
| 20 | مَنْman | (of him) who | — |
| 21 | أَنَابَanāba | turns | نوب |
| 22 | إِلَىَّ ۚilayya | to Me | — |
| 23 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 24 | إِلَىَّilayya | towards Me | — |
| 25 | مَرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukum | (is) your return | رجع |
| 26 | فَأُنَبِّئُكُمfa-unabbi-ukum | then I will inform you | نبأ |
| 27 | بِمَاbimā | of what | — |
| 28 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you used (to) | كون |
| 29 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | do | عمل |