Surah Luqman, ayah 19
وَٱقْصِدْ فِى مَشْيِكَ وَٱغْضُضْ مِن صَوْتِكَ ۚ إِنَّ أَنكَرَ ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِ لَصَوْتُ ٱلْحَمِيرِ
And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of sounds is the voice of donkeys."
Luqman · 31:19
Word by word
- وَٱقْصِدْwa-iq'ṣidAnd be moderate
- فِىfīin
- مَشْيِكَmashyikayour pace
- وَٱغْضُضْwa-ugh'ḍuḍand lower
- مِنmin[of]
- صَوْتِكَ ۚṣawtikayour voice
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- أَنكَرَankara(the) harshest
- ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِl-aṣwāti(of all) sounds
- لَصَوْتُlaṣawtu(is) surely (the) voice
- ٱلْحَمِيرِl-ḥamīri(of) the donkeys
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