Luqman, verse 22

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1. And whoever waman
2. submits yus'lim
3. his face wajhahu
4. to ilā
5. Allah l-lahi
6. while he wahuwa
7. (is) a good-doer muḥ'sinun
8. then indeed faqadi
9. he has grasped is'tamsaka
10. the handhold bil-ʿur'wati
11. the most trustworthy l-wuth'qā
12. And to wa-ilā
13. Allah l-lahi
14. (is the) end ʿāqibatu
15. (of) the matters l-umūri

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ (while he is a Muhsin) i.e., doing what his Lord has commanded and abstaining from what He has forbidden, فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَى (then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold.) means, he has received a firm promise from Allah that He will not punish him. وَإِلَى اللَّهِ عَقِبَةُ الاٌّمُورِوَمَن كَفَرَ فَلاَ يَحْزُنكَ كُفْرُهُ (And to Allah return all matters for decision. And whoever disbelieves, let not his disbelief grieve you.) means, `do not grieve over them, O Muhammad, because they disbelieve in Allah and in the Message you have brought, for…

• Verse 20 أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَأَسْبَغَ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعَمَهُۥ ظَـٰهِرَةً وَبَاطِنَةً ۗ وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُجَـٰدِلُ فِى ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَلَا هُدًى وَلَا كِتَـٰبٍ مُّنِيرٍ [People], do you not see how God has made what is in the heavens and on the earth useful to you, and has lavished His bless-ings on you both outwardly and inwardly? Yet some people argue about God, without knowledge or guidance or an illuminating scripture.
• Verse 21 وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مَا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَآ ۚ أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ When they are told, ‘Follow what God has sent down,’ they say: ‘We shall follow what we saw our forefathers following.’ What! Even if Satan is calling them to the suffering of the Blazing Flame?
• Verse 22
• Verse 23 وَمَن كَفَرَ فَلَا يَحْزُنكَ كُفْرُهُۥٓ ۚ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ فَنُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ As for those who refuse to do this, do not let their refusal sadden you [Prophet]- they will return to Us and We shall tell them what they have done: God knows all that hearts contain-
• Verse 24 نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ نَضْطَرُّهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ We let them enjoy themselves for a little while, but We shall drive them to a harsh torment.

• سلم sīn lām mīm
• وجه wāw jīm hā
• اله alif lām hā
• حسن ḥā sīn nūn
• مسك mīm sīn kāf
• عرو ʿayn rā wāw
• وثق wāw thā qāf
• عقب ʿayn qāf bā
• امر alif mīm rā

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