31. Surah Luqman, Verse 19
وَاقْصِدْ ف۪ي مَشْيِكَ وَاغْضُضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَۜ اِنَّ اَنْكَرَ الْاَصْوَاتِ لَصَوْتُ الْحَم۪يرِ۟
Waqsid fee mashyika waghdudmin sawtika inna ankara al-aswati lasawtualhameer
Be moderate in your tread and lower your voice. The most hateful of voices is the donkey’s bray.’
- Progressive Muslims
"And be humble in how you walk and lower your voice. For the harshest of all voices is the donkey's voice."
- Shabbir Ahmed
"Hence, be modest in your pace and in your bearing, and lower your voice, for, behold the harshest voice is the braying of a donkey. "
- Sam Gerrans
“And be thou modest in thy walk, and lower thou thy voice; the most loathsome of voices is the voice of the donkey.”
- The Monotheist Group
"And be humble in how you walk and lower your voice. For the harshest of all voices is the voice of the donkeys."
- Edip-Layth
"Be humble in how you walk and lower your voice. For the harshest of all voices is the donkey's voice."
- Aisha Bewley
Be moderate in your tread and lower your voice. The most hateful of voices is the donkey’s bray.’
- Rashad Khalifa
"Walk humbly and lower your voice - the ugliest voice is the donkey's voice."
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Be moderate in your bearing, and keep your voice low. Surely the most repulsive voice is the donkey's."
- Sahih International
And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of sounds is the voice of donkeys. "
- Muhammad Asad
"Hence, be modest in thy bearing, and lower thy voice: for, behold, the ugliest of all voices is the [loud] voice of asses…"
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Be modest in thy bearing and subdue thy voice. Lo! the harshest of all voices is the voice of the ass.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
"And walk forth" he said, " with moderate steps and with regular pace comformable to a standard recognized as formally correct". "And.lower your voice when you give utterance or expression to an emotion, opinion, feeling, thought, or discussion and in your natural action, for the most repulsive, objectionable and displeasing sound produced by the vocal organs is the braying or the loud harsh sound of asses".
- Bijan Moeinian
"Walk in a humble manner and do not talk loud; the most disgraceful of all voices is the loud voice of a donkey. "
- Al-Hilali & Khan
"And be moderate (or show no insolence) in your walking, and lower your voice. Verily, the harshest of all voices is the braying of the asses."
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
"And be moderate in thy pace, and lower thy voice; for the harshest of sounds without doubt is the braying of the ass."
- Mustafa Khattab
Be moderate in your pace. And lower your voice, for the ugliest of all voices is certainly the braying of donkeys."
- Taqi Usmani
and be moderate in your walk, and lower your voice. Surely, the ugliest of voices is the voice of the donkeys."
- Abdul Haleem
Go at a moderate pace and lower your voice, for the ugliest of all voices is the braying of asses.’
- Arthur John Arberry
Be modest in thy walk, and lower thy voice; the most hideous of voices is the ass's. '
- E. Henry Palmer
but be moderate in thy walk, and lower thy voice; verily, the most disagreeable of voices is the voice of asses!'
- Hamid S. Aziz
"And twist not your cheek in scorn towards folk, nor walk haughtily (or insolently) in the land; verily, Allah loves not any arrogant boaster:
- Mahmoud Ghali
And be moderate in your walk, and tone down your voice; surely the most repugnant of voices is indeed that of the asses. "
- George Sale
And be moderate in thy pace: And lower thy voice; for the most ungrateful of all voices surely is the voice of asses.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
"And be moderate in your walking (and actions) and lower your voice, verily, (without a doubt), the harshest of sounds is the call (braying) of an ass. "
- Amatul Rahman Omar
`Rather walk with modest pace and talk in soft gentle tone. Surely, the most repugnant of voices is the braying of the donkey.'
- Ali Quli Qarai
Be modest in your bearing, and lower your voice. Indeed the ungainliest of voices is the donkey’s voice.’