Tafseer of Luqman · Luqman · 31:13
And [mention, O Muhammad], when Luqman said to his son while he was instructing him, "O my son, do not associate [anything] with Allah. Indeed, association [with him] is great injustice."
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The explanation of the statement of the Exalted: وَإِذْ قَالَ لُقْمَانُ لابْنِهِ وَهُوَ يَعِظُهُ يَا بُنَيَّ لا تُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ (31:13) ("And when Luqmān said to his son, while he was admonishing him: O my son, do not associate partners with Allah (shirk). Indeed, the associating of partners (shirk) is truly a tremendous wrong" (31:13)).
The Exalted, whose mention is exalted, says to His Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ: remember, O Muḥammad ﷺ, وَإِذْ قَالَ لُقْمَانُ لابْنِهِ وَهُوَ يَعِظُهُ يَا بُنَيَّ لا تُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ ("And when Luqmān said to his son, while he was admonishing him: O my son, do not associate partners with Allah. Indeed, the associating of partners is truly a tremendous wrong"). He says: it is a tremendous error in the statement.
