And certainly We gave wisdom to Luqman, saying: Be grateful to Allah. And whoever is grateful, he is on!y grateful for his own soul; and whoever is ungrateful, then surely Allah is Self-sufficient, Praised. 31:12
Born in Egypt, he lived at the time of Prophet Dawud (pbuh). A sura of the Qur’an is named after him relating the wisdom he imparted to his son. Imam Sadiq (pbuh) said:”Luqman was not granted wisdom on account of his descent, wealth, offspring, physicality or good looks. Rather, he was a man with strong belief in Allah, righteous, silent most of the time, far sighted, meditative, with insight and a wealth of morals” “He died at the time of Prophet Yunus. “