وَٱقۡصِدۡ
فِي
مَشۡيِكَ
وَٱغۡضُضۡ
مِن
صَوۡتِكَۚ
إِنَّ
أَنكَرَ
ٱلۡأَصۡوَٰتِ
لَصَوۡتُ
ٱلۡحَمِيرِ
١٩
Be modest in thy bearing and subdue thy voice. Lo! the harshest of all voices is the voice of the ass.
— M. Pickthall
And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of sounds is the voice of donkeys."
— Saheeh International
"And be moderate in thy pace, and lower thy voice; for the harshest of sounds without doubt is the braying of the ass."
— 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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