Luqman 31:19
Luqman · ayah 19 of 34
وَٱقْصِدْ فِى مَشْيِكَ وَٱغْضُضْ مِن صَوْتِكَ ۚ إِنَّ أَنكَرَ ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِ لَصَوْتُ ٱلْحَمِيرِ
Waqsid fee mashyika waghdudmin sawtika inna ankara al-aswati lasawtualhameer
"And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of sounds is the voice of donkeys.""
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"Go at a moderate pace and lower your voice, for the ugliest of all voices is the braying of asses.’"
Pickthall (classic)+
"Be modest in thy bearing and subdue thy voice. Lo! the harshest of all voices is the voice of the ass."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
""And be moderate in thy pace, and lower thy voice; for the harshest of sounds without doubt is the braying of the ass.""