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Al-Isra 24

Ayah 24 of 111 · Meccan

وَٱخۡفِضۡ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرۡحَمۡهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرٗا ٢٤

And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱخۡفِضۡAnd lowerwa-ikh'fiḍ
  2. لَهُمَاto themlahumā
  3. جَنَاحَ(the) wingjanāḥa
  4. ٱلذُّلِّ(of) humilityl-dhuli
  5. مِنَ(out) ofmina
  6. ٱلرَّحۡمَةِ[the] mercyl-raḥmati
  7. وَقُلand saywaqul
  8. رَّبِّMy Lordrabbi
  9. ٱرۡحَمۡهُمَاHave mercy on both of themir'ḥamhumā
  10. كَمَاaskamā
  11. رَبَّيَانِيthey brought me uprabbayānī
  12. صَغِيرٗا(when I was) smallṣaghīran

Tafsir

Humble yourself before them in humility and out of compassion, and say: O My Lord, be merciful to them as they have brought me up in my childhood.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran