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Introduction
According to the Holy QUR'AN and historians, Hakim LUQMAN was a very wise man. His philosophical sayings were known to the people of his contemporary age and much after, and therefore had been profusely quoted by scholars and historians. His wisdom and sayings have been mentioned in the Holy QUR'AN and a Surah, named LUQMAN, has been named after him.
The Holy QUR'AN does not mention about his linage, family or place of his birth, but various historians have thrown some light and the same will be quoted. The sayings, as mentioned in the Holy QUR'AN will also be highlighted in subsequent paragraphs.
Lineage according to various historians and personalities
Ancient history describes the name of LUQMAN as a noble King who lived in the days of Second AAD (or AD); by descent he was Arab. IBN KASIR and SUHAILI have said that LUQMAN, the wise, was African and was brought to Arabia as a slave. He was the son ofANQA Bin SANDON or SAR Bin SANDON. He belonged to NAQA tribe of SUDAN. He was black, short in height, lips were thick and hands and feet were ugly. But he was very pious, a dedicated worshipper of ALLAH and was gifted with wisdom and foresight. Some historians say that he was QAZI in the days of Hazrat DAUD-EI.
According to Hazrat ABDULLAH Bin ABBAS, LUQMAN was a Negro slave and a carpenter by profession. Hazrat JABIR Bin ABDULLAH stated that LUQMAN was short statured with thick lips and belonged to NOBA tribe.
Hazrat SAEED Bin MUSAYGAB said LUQMAN was EgyptianSudanese and his lips were thick. Though ALLAH had not endowed him with prophet-hood he was blessed with wisdom and foresight. A famous historian MUHAMMAD Bin ISHAQ wrote that LUQMAN HAKIM belonged to a famous Arabian tribe of AAD. He was a King and not a slave.
LUQMAN is referred to by some to the age of AAD (A'd) people who belonged to the prophet HOUD-EI. AAD was fourth in generation from NOAH, was a son of AUS the son of ARAM, the son of SAM, the son of NOAH-EI. The AAD people were tall and were great builders. Probably their sandy area was irrigated with canals excavated by them. The left the...