سُوْرَةُ لُقْمَانَ
Surah Luqman (31) — Ayah 13
وَإِذْ قَالَ لُقْمَـٰنُ لِٱبْنِهِۦ وَهُوَ يَعِظُهُۥ يَـٰبُنَىَّ لَا تُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ ﴿13﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And (remember) when Luqmân said to his son when he was advising him: "O my son! Join not in worship others with Allâh. Verily joining others in worship with Allâh is a great Zûlm (wrong) indeed.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
قَالَ
qāla
said
لُقْمَـٰنُ
luq'mānu
Luqman
لِٱبْنِهِۦ
li-ib'nihi
to his son
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
while he
يَعِظُهُۥ
yaʿiẓuhu
(was) instructing him
يَـٰبُنَىَّ
yābunayya
O my son
لَا
lā
(Do) not
تُشْرِكْ
tush'rik
associate partners
بِٱللَّهِ ۖ
bil-lahi
with Allah
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلشِّرْكَ
l-shir'ka
associating partners
لَظُلْمٌ
laẓul'mun
(is) surely an injustice
عَظِيمٌۭ
ʿaẓīmun
great
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
13-1. Allah the Exalted has narrated the very first advice of Hazrat Luqman that he forbade his son from shirk, from which it becomes clear that it is necessary for parents to make the utmost effort to save their children from shirk.
13-2. According to some, this is the statement of Hazrat Luqman himself, and some have considered it to be the statement of Allah, and in support of this, they have presented the hadith related to the revelation of (اَلَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوْٓا اِيْمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ) 6. Al-An'am:82), in which the Prophet ﷺ said that here "zulm" means a great zulm, and he referred to the verse (ڼ اِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيْمٌ) 31. Luqman:13). However, in reality, this neither confirms nor denies it being the statement of Allah.
13-2. According to some, this is the statement of Hazrat Luqman himself, and some have considered it to be the statement of Allah, and in support of this, they have presented the hadith related to the revelation of (اَلَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوْٓا اِيْمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ) 6. Al-An'am:82), in which the Prophet ﷺ said that here "zulm" means a great zulm, and he referred to the verse (ڼ اِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيْمٌ) 31. Luqman:13). However, in reality, this neither confirms nor denies it being the statement of Allah.
