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Al-'Ankabut 8

Ayah 8 of 69 · Meccan

وَوَصَّيۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ حُسۡنٗاۖ وَإِن جَٰهَدَاكَ لِتُشۡرِكَ بِي مَا لَيۡسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٞ فَلَا تُطِعۡهُمَآۚ إِلَيَّ مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ فَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٨

And We have enjoined upon man goodness to parents. But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge,1 do not obey them. To Me is your return, and I will inform you about what you used to do.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., no knowledge of its divinity. There can be no knowledge about something which is non-existent or untrue.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَوَصَّيۡنَاAnd We have enjoinedwawaṣṣaynā
  2. ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ(on) manl-insāna
  3. بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِgoodness to his parentsbiwālidayhi
  4. حُسۡنٗاۖgoodness to his parentsḥus'nan
  5. وَإِنbut ifwa-in
  6. جَٰهَدَاكَthey both strive against youjāhadāka
  7. لِتُشۡرِكَto make you associatelitush'rika
  8. بِيwith Mebī
  9. مَاwhatmā
  10. لَيۡسَnotlaysa
  11. لَكَyou havelaka
  12. بِهِۦof itbihi
  13. عِلۡمٞany knowledgeʿil'mun
  14. فَلَاthen (do) notfalā
  15. تُطِعۡهُمَآۚobey both of themtuṭiʿ'humā
  16. إِلَيَّTo Meilayya
  17. مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ(is) your returnmarjiʿukum
  18. فَأُنَبِّئُكُمand I will inform youfa-unabbi-ukum
  19. بِمَاabout whatbimā
  20. كُنتُمۡyou usedkuntum
  21. تَعۡمَلُونَ(to) dotaʿmalūna

Tafsir

And I enjoined upon humankind that they be righteous and good with their parents. O man, if your parents force you to associate with Me that whose association you have no knowledge of - as occurred with Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas from his mother - do not obey them in that, because there is no obedience to the creation in disobedience to the Creator. To Me alone is your return on the Day of Judgment, then I shall inform you of what you used to do in the world and I shall reward you for it.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran