Quran 31 : 19

And be moderate in your pace and lower [of] your voice. Indeed, (the) harshest (of all) sounds (is) surely (the) voice (of) the donkeys."
وَٱقْصِدْ
Waiqṣid
فِى
Fiā
مَشْيِكَ
Mashyika
وَٱغْضُضْ
Waighḍuḍ
مِن
Min
صَوْتِكَ
Ṣawtika
إِنَّ
Iinna
أَنكَرَ
Aankara
ٱلْأَصْوَٰتِ
Alaaṣwaāti
لَصَوْتُ
Laṣawtu
ٱلْحَمِيرِ
Alḥamīri

Arthur John Arberry

Be modest in thy walk, and lower thy voice; the most hideous of voices is the ass's.

Rashad Khalifa

"Walk humbly and lower your voice - the ugliest voice is the donkey's voice."

Wahiduddin Khan

Walk modestly and lower your voice, for the ugliest of all voices is the braying of the ass

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

Walk modestly, and lower your voice; the most hideous of voices is the braying of the donkey

The Study Quran

And be moderate in thy pace and lower thy voice. Truly the vilest of voices are those of asses.

Irving/Hegab

Act modestly in the way you walk, and lower your voice: The ugliest sound is a donkey's voice!

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

And walk modestly and lower your voice; the most unpleasant of sounds is the braying of donkeys.”

Musharraf Hussain

Walk humbly and keep your voice down. The most disliked sound is the braying of the donkey.

T.B.Irving

Act modestly in the way you walk, and lower your voice: The ugliest sound is a donkey´s voice!

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

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

Muhammad Sarwar

Be moderate in your walking and your talking. The most unpleasant sound is the braying of donkeys."

Abdel Haleem

Go at a moderate pace and lower your voice, for the ugliest of all voices is the braying of asses.’

Safi Kaskas

And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; the most disagreeable sound is the braying of donkeys."

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And be modest in thy gait and lower thy voice; verily the most abominable of voices is the voice of the ass

Faridul Haque

“And walk moderately and soften your voice; indeed the worst voice is the voice of the donkey.”

Ahmed Ali

Be moderate in your bearing, and keep your voice low. Surely the most repulsive voice is the donkey's."

Talal Itani (2012)

And moderate your stride, and lower your voice. The most repulsive of voices is the donkey's voice.'

Aisha Bewley

Be moderate in your tread and lower your voice. The most hateful of voices is the donkey´s bray.´

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And adopt moderation whilst walking and keep your voice low. Surely, the worst voice is the bray of a donkey.

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and be moderate in your walk, and lower your voice. Surely, the ugliest of voices is the voice of the donkeys

Mir Aneesuddin

And be moderate in your walk and lower your voice, the harshest of voices is certainly the voice of the ass.”

Munir Mezyed

Be moderate in your walking and lower your voice. Indeed, the most repugnant sound is the braying of donkeys.”

Mustaqim

And be measured in your walk and subdue your voice, for the most disliked of voices is the voice of the donkey.

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

"And be humble in how you walk and lower your voice. For the harshest of all voices is the voice of the donkeys.

Edward Henry Palmer

but be moderate in thy walk, and lower thy voice; verily, the most disagreeable of voices is the voice of asses!

MunirMezyed2023

Be moderate in your walking and lower your voice. Indeed, the most distasteful sound is the braying of donkeys.”

Samy Mahdy

And be moderated in your walking and reduce your voice. Surely the most hideous voices are the donkeys’ voices.”

N J Dawood 2014

Rather let your stride be modest and your voice low: the most hideous of voices is the braying of the ass.‘

George Sale

And be moderate in thy pace: And lower thy voice; for the most ungrateful of all voices surely is the voice of asses

Ali Quli Qara'i

Be modest in your bearing, and lower your voice. Indeed the ungainliest of voices is the donkey’s voice.’

Mustafa Khattab 2018

Be moderate in your pace. And lower your voice, for the ugliest of all voices is certainly the braying of donkeys.”

Sher Ali

`And walk thou at a moderate pace, and lower thy voice; verily, the most hateful of voices is the braying of the ass.

John Medows Rodwell

But let thy pace be middling; and lower thy voice: for the least pleasing of voices is surely the voice of asses."

The Wise Quran

And be moderate in your walk, and lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of voices is the voice of the asses.'

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And walk moderately and lower your voice to some extent. Undoubtedly in all voices, the most hideous voice is of an ass.

Hamid S. Aziz

"But be modest in your bearing and subdue your voice; lo! The harshest of all voices is the voice of the ass."

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And pursue the right curse in thy going about and lower thy voice. Surely the most hateful of voices is braying of asses

Linda "iLham" Barto

“Be moderate in your pace and speak softly. Truly, the harshest of sounds, without a doubt, is the braying of donkeys.”

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of sounds is the voice of donkeys."

Ahmed Hulusi

“Know your boundaries in life, with balance, and lower your voice! Indeed, the ugliest of sounds is the voice of donkeys.”

Bilal Muhammad 2018

“And be moderate in your pace, and lower your voice, for the harshest of sounds without doubt is the braying of the donkey.

Mohammad Shafi

"And be modest in your walk and lower your voice. The most hateful of voices is certainly indeed the ass's bray."

Ali Ünal

"Be modest in your bearing, and subdue your voice. For certain the most repugnant of voices is braying of donkeys."

Bijan Moeinian

“Walk in a humble manner and do not talk loud; the most disgraceful of all voices is the loud voice of a donkey.”

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And be moderate in thy walking and lower thy voice. Truly the most horrible of voices is, certainly, the voice of the donkey.

Maududi

Be moderate in your stride and lower your voice. Verily the most disgusting of all voices is the braying of the donkey."

Amatul Rahman Omar

`Rather walk with modest pace and talk in soft gentle tone. Surely, the most repugnant of voices is the braying of the donkey.

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And be moderate in your walk, and tone down your voice; surely the most repugnant of voices is indeed that of the asses."

Shakir

And pursue the right course in your going about and lower your voice; surely the most hateful of voices is braying of the asses

Dr. Munir Munshey

Rather, be modest when you walk and keep your voice subdued when you talk. Indeed, the harshest of all voices is that of a donkey

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

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

Fode Drame

And take a mid-course in your walk and lower from your voice. Truly the most detestable of all sounds in the braying of the donkeys.”

Corpus.Quran

And be moderate in your pace and lower [of] your voice Indeed (the) harshest (of all) sounds (is) surely (the) voice (of) the donkeys

Abdul Hye

And be moderate (no pride) in your walking and lower your voice. Surely, the harshest of all voices is indeed the voice of the donkey.”

Bakhtiari Nejad

And be modest in your walking (do not walk arrogantly) and lower your voice, for the most awful voice is certainly voice of the donkey.”

Shabbir Ahmed

"Hence, be modest in your pace and in your bearing, and lower your voice, for, behold the harshest voice is the braying of a donkey."

Muhammad Asad

“Hence, be modest in thy bearing, and lower thy voice: for, behold, the ugliest of all voices is the [loud] voice of asses…&rdquo

Dr. Kamal Omar

And be moderate in your gait and control from your voice — surely the harshest of the voices is definitely the voice (braying) of the ass.”

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And be moderate in your walking, and lower/humble from your voice/noise , that truly the sounds'/noises' most awful/obscene (is) the donkeys' sound/noise

Hilali - Khan

"And be moderate (or show no insolence) in your walking, and lower your voice. Verily, the harshest of all voices is the voice (braying) of the ass."

Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And be moderate in your walking (and actions) and lower your voice, verily, (without a doubt), the harshest of sounds is the call (braying) of an ass."