Luqman (Luqman)
Verses 1-5 GROUP1060 31.1-5
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الم
Alif Lam Mim
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تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْحَكِيمِ
These are the verses of the Book of wisdom,
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هُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّلْمُحْسِنِينَ
a guide and a mercy for those who do good,
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الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَاةَ وَهُم بِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ
for those who attend to their prayers and pay the zakat and who have firm faith in the Hereafter:
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أُوْلَئِكَ عَلَى هُدًى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ
these are rightly guided by their Lord: and these are the ones who will prosper.
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Commentary
(a) In this world, the criterion of the proper performance of a task (ihsan) is that it should be in accordance with the facts. From this point of view, one who carries out a task in this way is one who admits the reality (muhsin); his actions become a manifestation of his spirit of submission. Those who have it in their nature to mould themselves according to the factual position, are those who, when the Truth presents itself to them, accept it without suffering from any psychological complications. They immediately start fulfilling its practical requirements—they become regular offerers of prayers (salat), which is symbolic of fulfilling God’s will. They give prescribed alms (zakat), which amounts to honouring the rights of God’s subjects in the economic sphere. They shun the worship of worldly achievements and begin to think fondly of the Hereafter, because they know that the place where the question of success or failure shall finally be decided is nowhere other than the Hereafter.