Luqman
31. Luqmān
لقمان
Page #412
31:19
وَاقْصِدْ
فِي
مَشْيِكَ
وَاغْضُضْ
مِن
صَوْتِكَ
إِنَّ
أَنكَرَ
الْأَصْوَاتِ
لَصَوْتُ
الْحَمِيرِ
wa-qṣid fī mashyika wa-ghḍuḍ min ṣawtika ʾinna ʾankara l-ʾaṣwāti la-ṣawtu l-ḥamīri
Be modest in your bearing, and lower your voice. Indeed the ungainliest of voices is the donkey’s voice.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
"And be moderate in thy pace, and lower thy voice; for the harshest of sounds without doubt is the braying of the ass."
