Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the nineteenth verse of chapter 31 (sūrat luq'mān). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (31) sūrat luq'mān

Sahih International: And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of sounds is the voice of donkeys."

Pickthall: Be modest in thy bearing and subdue thy voice. Lo! the harshest of all voices is the voice of the ass.

Yusuf Ali: "And be moderate in thy pace, and lower thy voice; for the harshest of sounds without doubt is the braying of the ass."

Shakir: And pursue the right course in your going about and lower your voice; surely the most hateful of voices is braying of the asses.

Muhammad Sarwar: Be moderate in your walking and your talking. The most unpleasant sound is the braying of donkeys."

Mohsin Khan: "And be moderate (or show no insolence) in your walking, and lower your voice. Verily, the harshest of all voices is the voice (braying) of the ass."

Arberry: Be modest in thy walk, and lower thy voice; the most hideous of voices is the ass's.'

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See Also

• Verse (31:19) Morphology - description of each Arabic word