Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Luqman, Ayah 19

Luqman · Ayah 19 · View Ayah
وَٱقْصِدْ فِى مَشْيِكَ وَٱغْضُضْ مِن صَوْتِكَ ۚ إِنَّ أَنكَرَ ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِ لَصَوْتُ ٱلْحَمِيرِ
And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of sounds is the voice of donkeys."

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(Be modest in thy bearing and subdue your voice) lower your voice and do not be sharp-tongued. (Lo! The harshest of all voices) He says: the most odious and evil of all voices (is the voice of the ass.

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And be modest in your bearing being moderate in it neither dragging slowly nor rushing but peaceful and dignified and lower your voice; indeed the most hideous of voices is the donkey’s voice’ beginning its hideous bray with an exhalation and ending with an inhalation.

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