يَـٰبُنَىَّ أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأْمُرْ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَٱنْهَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَصَابَكَ ۖ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ ٱلْأُمُورِ
Yaa bunaiya aqimis-Salaata waamur bilma'roofi wanha 'anil munkari wasbir 'alaa maaa asaabaka inna zaalika min 'azmil umoor
My dear son, establish the prayer, command what is right, forbid what is wrong, and be patient through whatever befalls you. That is among the matters requiring firm resolve.
Luqman is the speaker here, and the tradition divided over who he was, a prophet or a wise man granted judgment without prophecy. His instructions run outward from the prayer to duty among other people, then turn back to the one carrying them: patience is set after commanding and forbidding, as if it names what those two cost. The list ends on ʿazm, the word for a decision already fixed.