Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

12 Certainly We gave Luqman wisdom,
saying, ‘Give thanks to Allah;
and whoever gives thanks,
gives thanks only for his own sake.
And whoever is ungrateful, [let him know that]
Allah is indeed all-sufficient, all-laudable.’
13 When Luqman said to his son,
as he advised him:
‘O my son! Do not ascribe any partners to Allah.
Polytheism is indeed a great injustice.’
14 We have enjoined man concerning his parents:
His mother carried him
through weakness upon weakness,
and his weaning takes two years.
Give thanks to Me and to your parents.
To Me is the return.
15 But if they urge you to ascribe to Me as partner
that of which you have no knowledge,
then do not obey them.
Keep their company honourably in this world
and follow the way
of him who turns to Me penitently.
Then to Me will be your return,
whereat I will inform you
concerning what you used to do.
16 ‘O my son!
Even if it should be the weight of a mustard seed,
and [even though] it should be in a rock,
or in the heavens, or in the earth,
Allah will produce it.

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Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation, Islamic College for Advance Studies Press (ICAS), London (Distributed by The Centre for Translation of the Holy Qur’ān, Qom, Iran), Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 27 Apr. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=607