Quran Universe
31:2

تِلۡكَ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ ٱلۡحَكِيمِ

Tilka ayatu alkitabi alhakeemi

These are verses of the wise Book,

Word by word
  1. تِلۡكَThese
  2. ءَايَٰتُ(are) Verses
  3. ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ(of) the Book
  4. ٱلۡحَكِيمِthe Wise
Luqman · 31:2Makkah

This Book is wise, and it makes you wise.

The Book is called wise from the first line

What these verses are
these verseswhat you are reading
belong to
the wise Bookfull of wisdom
Two ways to read
old wordsfor another time
wise wordsfor my decisions today

The surah is named after Luqman, a wise man the Arabs already quoted in their sayings and poems. Before his story, Allah calls the Qur'an itself the wise Book. The wisdom people admired in Luqman is here in full.

You save quotes from podcasts and screenshots of life advice. You ask friends what to do about the job offer. The wisest voice is already on your shelf, and it is rarely the one you open first.

Wisdom is something I collect from clever people online.

The deepest wisdom I can find is in the Book I already have.

Try this

Next time you face a choice today, read one page of Qur'an before asking anyone else.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 31:1)

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

الم - تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْحَكِيمِ - هُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِلْمُحْسِنِينَ - الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَاةَ وَهُمْ بِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ - أُولَٰئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدًى مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

(1. Alif Lam Mim.)(2. These are Ayat of the Wise Book.)(3. A guide and a mercy for the Muhsinin.)(4. Those who perform the Salah and give Zakah and they have faith in the Hereafter with certainty.)(5. Such are on guidance from their Lord, and such are the successful.)

At the beginning of Surat Al-Baqarah we discussed the letters such as those that appear at the beginning of this Surah. Allah has made the Qur'an a guidance and healing and a mercy for the Muhsinin, who are those who do good deeds in accordance with the Shari'ah. They establish the obligatory prayers in the proper manner and at the correct times, and follow that with regular, optional and supererogatory prayers; they pay the Zakah to those who deserve it; they uphold the ties of kinship with their relatives; they have certain faith that there will be rewards and punishments in the Hereafter, and they seek the reward with Allah; they do not show off or seek a reward or thanks from other people. Whoever does this is one of those of whom Allah says:

أُولَٰئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدًى مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ ۖ 

(Such are on guidance from their Lord,) meaning, they follow His guidance with clear understanding.

وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

(and such are the successful.) in this world and in the Hereafter.