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وَٱقْصِدْ فِى مَشْيِكَ وَٱغْضُضْ مِن صَوْتِكَ ۚ إِنَّ أَنكَرَ ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِ لَصَوْتُ ٱلْحَمِيرِ

Word by word

وَٱقْصِدْ

And be moderate

Verb

Root: قصد

فِى

Preposition

مَشْيِكَ

your pace

Noun

Root: مشي

وَٱغْضُضْ

and lower

Verb

Root: غضض

مِن

[of]

Preposition

صَوْتِكَ

your voice

Noun

Root: صوت

إِنَّ

Indeed

Preposition

أَنكَرَ

(the) harshest

Noun

Root: نكر

ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِ

(of all) sounds

Noun

Root: صوت

لَصَوْتُ

(is) surely (the) voice

Noun

Root: صوت

ٱلْحَمِيرِ

(of) the donkeys

Noun

Root: حمر

Translation

"And be moderate in thy pace, and lower thy voice; for the harshest of sounds without doubt is the braying of the ass."

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Yürüyüşünde tabii ol, sesini alçalt, çünkü seslerin en çirkini elbette eşeklerin sesidir.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Yürüyüşünde orta hâlli ol, sesini de alçalt! Şüphesiz ki seslerin en çirkinieşeklerin sesidir.”

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

Be modest in thy bearing and subdue thy voice. Lo! the harshest of all voices is the voice of the ass.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain