The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 612
CH. 31 R. 2. LUQMAN PT. 21 وَلَقَدْ أَتَيْنَا لُقْمَنَ الْحِكْمَةَ أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِلهِ And We bestowed wisdom. 13 وَمَنْ يَشْكُرُ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِ ,to Allah,' for whoso is grateful on Luqman, saying, 'Be grateful is grateful only for the good of his own soul. And "whoso is ungrateful, then surely Allah is Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy. 3 14. And remember 3039 Luqman said to his son while وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ حَمِيدٌ وَإِذْ قَالَ نُقْمَنُ لِابْنِهِ وَهُوَ يَعِظُهُ when يُيُنَيَّ لَا تُشْرِكْ بِاللهِ إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ !exhorting him, O my dear son associate not partners with Allah. Surely, associating partners with God is a grievous wrong. '3040 "14:9. our adoration and worship. See also 16:16. 3039. Important Words: Commentary: لظلم عظيم Luqman seems to be a non-Arab, very probably an Ethiopian. He is said to belong to Egypt or Nubia. By شکر الله or شكر الله (is grateful) شکر means, he thanked God or was grateful to Him; or he praised God for His beneficence; and acted in the manner incumbent on him in rendering Him obedience. (thankfulness) is of three kinds: (1) with the heart; (2) with the tongue; and (3) with the limbs, and consists in requiting the benefit received according to its desert. Man's thankfulness to God consists in (a) his humility to Him; (b) his love of Him; (c) his knowledge of His bounties; (d) his eulogizing Him for it; and (e) his not making use of the benefits in a manner disliked by Him. on the part of God consists in forgiving a person, or regarding him with favour and therefore rewarding him (Lane). See also 14:8. some he has also been identified with the Greek "Aesop". From the beautiful moral precepts he gave to his son which are embodied in the present and the next few verses Luqmān appears to be a Prophet of God. To know who Luqmān was is not of importance so much as the principle that God sent His Messengers among all people and that all those Messengers deserve our respect and reverence and that Luqmān was one of them. Islam was the first and the only religion to proclaim this principle which alone can form a sound and solid basis for peace among the followers of various faiths. 2526 3040. Commentary: The first and basic principle of all