Quran 31:19 — Luqman, verse 19
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Go at a moderate pace and lower your voice, for the ugliest of all voices is the braying of asses.’
وَاقْصِدْ فِي مَشْيِكَ وَاغْضُضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ ۚ إِنَّ أَنْكَرَ الْأَصْوَاتِ لَصَوْتُ الْحَمِيرِ
wa-iq'ṣid fī mashyika wa-ugh'ḍuḍ min ṣawtika inna ankara l-aṣwāti laṣawtu l-ḥamīri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Be modest in thy walk, and lower thy voice; the most hideous of voices is the ass's.'
- Muhammad Asad
- “Hence, be modest in thy bearing, and lower thy voice: for, behold, the ugliest of all voices is the [loud] voice of asses…”
- Sahih International
- And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of sounds is the voice of donkeys."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱقْصِدْwa-iq'ṣid | And be moderate | قصد |
| 2 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 3 | مَشْيِكَmashyika | your pace | مشي |
| 4 | وَٱغْضُضْwa-ugh'ḍuḍ | and lower | غضض |
| 5 | مِنmin | [of] | — |
| 6 | صَوْتِكَ ۚṣawtika | your voice | صوت |
| 7 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 8 | أَنكَرَankara | (the) harshest | نكر |
| 9 | ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِl-aṣwāti | (of all) sounds | صوت |
| 10 | لَصَوْتُlaṣawtu | (is) surely (the) voice | صوت |
| 11 | ٱلْحَمِيرِl-ḥamīri | (of) the donkeys | حمر |