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Qur'an and Tafsir, Surah 31

لقمان

Luqmān

Luqman, the name of a wise man

Makkah wanted better stories. This surah answers with a father talking to his son.

  • Intro
  • 32 cards, about 6 min
  • 34 ayat, Makkan

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A merchant is drawing Makkah's crowds away from the Qur'an with imported tales. Surah Luqman answers with a different storyteller: a wise man, by several reports an African slave, quietly advising his son. Then it asks Makkah what its own fathers handed down.

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