Surah Luqman, Ayah 19 (31:19)

لُقْمَان

وَٱقْصِدْ فِى مَشْيِكَ وَٱغْضُضْ مِن صَوْتِكَ ۚ إِنَّ أَنكَرَ ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِ لَصَوْتُ ٱلْحَمِيرِ

Quran 31:19 is ayah 19 of Surah Luqman (“Luqman”), a Meccan surah of 34 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 412 of the Madani Mushaf.

31:19
وَٱقْصِدْفِىمَشْيِكَوَٱغْضُضْمِنصَوْتِكَ ۚإِنَّأَنكَرَٱلْأَصْوَٰتِلَصَوْتُٱلْحَمِيرِ١٩
wa-iq'ṣid fī mashyika wa-ugh'ḍuḍ min ṣawtika inna ankara l-aṣwāti laṣawtu l-ḥamīri

And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of sounds is the voice of donkeys."(19)

Word by word

  1. وَٱقْصِدْwa-iq'ṣidAnd be moderate
  2. فِىfīin
  3. مَشْيِكَmashyikayour pace
  4. وَٱغْضُضْwa-ugh'ḍuḍand lower
  5. مِنmin[of]
  6. صَوْتِكَ ۚṣawtikayour voice
  7. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  8. أَنكَرَankara(the) harshest
  9. ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِl-aṣwāti(of all) sounds
  10. لَصَوْتُlaṣawtu(is) surely (the) voice
  11. ٱلْحَمِيرِl-ḥamīri(of) the donkeys

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