In the Quran, in Surah Luqman, Surah no.
31, Allah (SWT) tells us about the advice
that Luqman (as) gave his son.
Surah Luqman,
Ayah 13:
And (remember)
when Luqman
said to his son
when he was
advising him:
Surah Luqman,
Ayah 13 (cntnd):
"O my son! Join not in
worship others with
Allah. Verily! Joining
others in worship with
Allah is a great Zulm
(wrong) indeed.”
In this Ayah, Luqman (as)
warns his son never ever
to worship or bow his
head down in front of
anyone except Allah
(SWT).
Surah Luqman, Ayah 16 :
"O my son! If it be (anything) equal to the
weight of a grain of mustard seed, and
though it be in a rock, or in the heavens
or in the earth, Allah will bring it forth.
Verily, Allah is Subtle* (in bringing out
that grain), Well Aware (of its place).”
In this Ayah, Luqman (as) warns his son
about the fact that Allah (SWT) is All
Seeing and All Knowing, so no matter
how small your deed is, or how secretly
it may have been done, Allah (SWT)
always Knows about it, and on the Day
of Judgment, we will be asked about
even the tiniest of acts.
*subtle means cleverly able to do
anything.
Surah Luqman, Ayah 17:
"O my son! Perform
Salaat...”
In this Ayah, Luqman (as)
tells his son to ALWAYS
Pray his Namaaz, and
NEVER to miss it!
Surah Luqman,
Ayah 17 (cntnd):
“… Enjoin* (on people) Al-Maruf
(Islam and all that is good)...”
*Enjoin means to call people towards
something.
In this Ayah, Luqman (as) tells his
son to always invite people to
Islam and to do what is good. We
can invite people to Islam by being
good, and showing them that
Islam is a religion that teaches us
to be polite and peaceful with
everyone. Also, if we're ever doing
a good deed, we should always try
to make our family members and
friends do that good deed with us,
so that they get Sawaab too!
Surah Luqman,
Ayah 17 (cntnd):
“… and forbid (people) from Al
Munkar (disbelief in the
Oneness of Allâh, and all that
is evil and bad)...”
In this Ayah, Luqman (as) tells his
son to help people stay away
from worshiping more than one
God. He also advises his son to
stop people from doing bad
things when he sees them. So if
you ever see your family
members or friends doing
something Haraam, make sure
you go to them and politely try
to make them stop.
Surah Luqman,
Ayah 17 (cntnd):
“… and bear with patience
whatever befalls you.”
In this Ayah, Luqman (as) tells his
son that it is very important for
him to be patient AT ALL TIMES.
Sometimes, bad things happen to
us and we can't understand
them. But we all know that Allah
(SWT) loves us a lot and He
would never want anything to
happen to us that can hurt us,
so we should trust Him. And like
we saw in the story of Prophet
Ayyub (as), if you are patient,
Allah (SWT) will bless and
reward you greatly!
Surah Luqman,
Ayah 18:
“And turn not your face away from men
with pride, nor walk in insolence*
through the earth...”
*insolence means rude and disrespectful.
In this Ayah, Luqman (as) tells his son not
to be proud with other people. He also
tells him not to walk on the Earth with
pride, because Allah (SWT) does not like
proud and arrogant people AT ALL!
It it said that someone who has even a tiny
speck of pride in their heart, won't even
be allowed to SMELL Jannah! If we want
to stop being proud, we must always
think that others are better than us, and
have done more good deeds than us,
and then we will start respecting those
people, and stop being proud with them.
Surah Luqman,
Ayah 18 cntnd:
“… Verily, Allah likes not any arrogant
boaster.”
In this Ayah, Luqman (as) gives a very
important message to his son. He tells
him not to boast to others. If God has
blessed you with some blessings, and
not others, and you boast about them,
you will hurt their feelings!
Also, when you do a good deed, it is
Shaitaan that comes to you and tells
you to tell every one about it, and
when you boast / show off about your
good deeds, the Sawaab becomes
less!
So when you want to do something good,
try to do it only for Allah, and don't tell
anyone about it.
Surah Luqman,
Ayah 19:
“... and lower your voice."
In this Ayah, Luqman (as) tells
his son to always keep his
voice low, and not talk loudly
or shout.
We must keep this in mind,
especially when we are
talking to our elders.
And if we talk politely to those
smaller than us, they will copy
us, and Insha Allah will also
talk softly all the time.
Now Lets Revise What We've Learnt. Look At The
Picture And Think About What Advice That Picture Is
Talking About.