31:1 Alif-Laam-Meem

31:2 These are the verses of the Book of Wisdom,

31:3 and a guidance and mercy for those who are pious, 

31:4 those who establish Salah and pay Zakat and who certainly believe in Hereafter.  

31:5 They are rightly guided by their Lord and those are the successful ones.   

31:6 Some people prefer idle talk (over Allah's message), and make a mockery of it,  in order to lead those without knowledge,  away from Allah's path.  They will have a humiliating punishment. 

31:7 When Our revelations are recited to such a person, he turns his face away in arrogance as if he did not hear them or as if his ears are sealed. Announce to him the news of a painful punishment.   

31:8 Surely, those who believe and do righteous deeds, for them are gardens of delight (in Paradise).  

31:9 They will abide there in eternally. Allah's promise is true; and He is the Almighty and All Wise.  

31:10 He has created the heavens without any pillars that you see, has set firm mountains on the earth lest it should shake with you.  And He has scattered in it all kinds of animals. And We send down rain from the sky and We cause plants of every noble kind to grow in it. 

31:11 This is the creation of Allah. Now show Me what others besides Him have created. Rather the wrongdoers are in manifest error!

31:12 We gave Luqman Wisdom (enjoining) 'Be grateful to Allah. Whoever is grateful does so only for his own good, (whereas) whoever is ungrateful (should know that) Allah is rich beyond need and praiseworthy.

31:13 And (remember) when Luqman was advising his son, said to him : 'O my son, don’t join in worship,  others with Allah.  Surely, joining others in worship with Allah is a great wrong indeed.'

31:14 And We have commanded people to (honor) their parents. Their mothers bore them through hardship upon hardship, and their weaning takes two years.  So be grateful to Me and your parents. To Me is the final return.

31:15 But if they pressure you to associate with Me what you have no knowledge of, do not obey them. Still keep their company in this world courteously, and follow the way of those who turn to Me (in devotion). Then to Me you will (all) return, and then I will inform you of what you used to do.

31:16 'My son, if something weighs as little as a mustard seed and should be within a rock or (anywhere) in the heavens or in the earth, Allah will bring it forth. Allah is Most Subtle, All Aware.

31:17 O' My son, establish Salah and command what is right and forbid what is wrong and be steadfast in the face of all that happens to you.  That is certainly the most resolute course to follow.

31:18 And do not turn your face away (with pride) from people,  nor walk in pride on the earth. Surely, Allah does not like any arrogant person.

31:19 Rather, be modest when you walk and keep your voice subdued when you talk. Indeed, the harshest of all voices is that of a donkey.

31:20 Don’t you see that Allah has subjected for you whatever is in the heavens and in the earth, and has completed His Graces upon you, (both) apparent (seen) and hidden (unseen)? Yet, there are some people who dispute about Allah without knowledge or guidance or a book (scripture) giving light.

31:21 When they are asked to follow what Allah has revealed, they reply : 'Nay, we shall follow the ways upon which we found our forefathers.'  What! Will they still follow them even though Satan invites them to the punishment of the blazing Fire.

31:22 He who surrenders himself to Allah and leads a righteous life has indeed grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold;  as with Allah lies the outcome of all matters.

31:23 And (O' Prophet ﷺ)  do not let the denial of those who continue to deny the truth,  grieve you.   To Us is their return and We shall inform them what they have done.  Surely, Allah has knowledge of all that is (Hidden) in the hearts (of the people).

31:24 We will (continue to) provide for them to enjoy themselves for a short while (in this life), then they will be subjected to a harsh punishment (as a consequence of their wrongdoings. 

31:25 If you were to ask them : 'Who created the heavens and the earth?' They will certainly reply : 'Allah.'   Say : 'All praise and gratitude is for Allah.' Yet most of them do not know.

31:26 To Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and earth; surely Allah is the One Who is free of all wants, worthy of all praise.

31:27 If all the trees on earth were pens and the ocean (were ink), refilled by seven other oceans, the Words of Allah would not be exhausted.  Surely Allah is Almighty, All Wise.

31:28 Creating and resurrecting all of you (the entire humanity for Allah) is (as simple as) creating and resurrecting a single human being.  Allah is All Hearing and All Seeing.

31:29 Don’t you  see (O' People) that Allah merges the night into the day and merges the day into the night, and has subjected the sun and the moon (to the laws of Allah), each running (its course) for an appointed term; and that Allah is aware of all that you do?

31:30 That is because Allah is the Truth and all those which they invoke besides Him are false, and He is the High, the Great.

31:31 Do you not see how the ships sail through the ocean by the grace of Allah so that He may show you some of His signs? Surely there are signs in this for every patient, grateful person.

31:32 And when they are overwhelmed by waves like mountains, they cry out to Allah (alone) in sincere devotion. But when He delivers them (safely) to shore, only some become relatively grateful. And none rejects Our signs except whoever is deceitful, ungrateful.

31:33 O' mankind, have fear of your Lord and fear that Day no parent will be of any benefit to their child, nor will a child be of any benefit to his parents. Surely the promise of Allah is true. Let neither the life of this world deceive you,  nor the Deceiver (Satan) deceive you concerning Allah.

31:34 Indeed, Allah (alone) has the knowledge of the Hour.  He sends down the rain, and knows what is in the wombs. No one knows what he/she will earn for tomorrow, and no one knows in what land he/she will die. Surely Allah is knowledgeable and fully aware (of all things).