يَٰبُنَيَّ
أَقِمِ
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ
وَأۡمُرۡ
بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ
وَٱنۡهَ
عَنِ
ٱلۡمُنكَرِ
وَٱصۡبِرۡ
عَلَىٰ
مَآ
أَصَابَكَۖ
إِنَّ
ذَٰلِكَ
مِنۡ
عَزۡمِ
ٱلۡأُمُورِ
١٧
O my dear son! Establish worship and enjoin kindness and forbid iniquity, and persevere whatever may befall thee. Lo! that is of the steadfast heart of things.
— M. Pickthall
O my son, establish prayer, enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, and be patient over what befalls you. Indeed, [all] that is of the matters [requiring] resolve.1
— Saheeh International
"O my son! establish regular prayer, enjoin what is just, and forbid what is wrong: and bear with patient constancy whatever betide thee; for this is firmness (of purpose) in (the conduct of) affairs.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
This is useful advice which Allah tells us Luqman gave, so that people may follow it and take it as"See the full heading "This is useful advice which Allah tells us Luqman gave, so thatpeople may follow it and take it as a good example
He said:
يبُنَىَّ إِنَّهَآ إِن تَكُ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَ
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