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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Luqman 31:19

Word by word

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."

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وتواضع في مشيك، واخفض من صوتك فلا ترفعه، إن أقبح الأصوات وأبغضها لصوت الحمير المعروفة ببلادتها وأصواتها المرتفعة.

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