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Al-Ahqaf 15

Ayah 15 of 35 · Meccan

وَوَصَّيۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ إِحۡسَٰنًاۖ حَمَلَتۡهُ أُمُّهُۥ كُرۡهٗا وَوَضَعَتۡهُ كُرۡهٗاۖ وَحَمۡلُهُۥ وَفِصَٰلُهُۥ ثَلَٰثُونَ شَهۡرًاۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَبَلَغَ أَرۡبَعِينَ سَنَةٗ قَالَ رَبِّ أَوۡزِعۡنِيٓ أَنۡ أَشۡكُرَ نِعۡمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَيَّ وَأَنۡ أَعۡمَلَ صَٰلِحٗا تَرۡضَىٰهُ وَأَصۡلِحۡ لِي فِي ذُرِّيَّتِيٓۖ إِنِّي تُبۡتُ إِلَيۡكَ وَإِنِّي مِنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ١٥

And We have enjoined upon man, to his parents, good treatment. His mother carried him with hardship and gave birth to him with hardship, and his gestation and weaning [period] is thirty months. [He grows] until, when he reaches maturity and reaches [the age of] forty years, he says, "My Lord, enable me1 to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to work righteousness of which You will approve and make righteous for me my offspring. Indeed, I have repented to You, and indeed, I am of the Muslims."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Literally, "gather within me the utmost strength and ability."

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَوَصَّيۡنَاAnd We have enjoinedwawaṣṣaynā
  2. ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ(on) manl-insāna
  3. بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِto his parentsbiwālidayhi
  4. إِحۡسَٰنًاۖkindnessiḥ'sānan
  5. حَمَلَتۡهُCarried himḥamalathu
  6. أُمُّهُۥhis motherummuhu
  7. كُرۡهٗا(with) hardshipkur'han
  8. وَوَضَعَتۡهُand gave birth to himwawaḍaʿathu
  9. كُرۡهٗاۖ(with) hardshipkur'han
  10. وَحَمۡلُهُۥAnd (the) bearing of himwaḥamluhu
  11. وَفِصَٰلُهُۥand (the) weaning of himwafiṣāluhu
  12. ثَلَٰثُونَ(is) thirtythalāthūna
  13. شَهۡرًاۚmonth(s)shahran
  14. حَتَّىٰٓuntilḥattā
  15. إِذَاwhenidhā
  16. بَلَغَhe reachesbalagha
  17. أَشُدَّهُۥhis maturityashuddahu
  18. وَبَلَغَand reacheswabalagha
  19. أَرۡبَعِينَfortyarbaʿīna
  20. سَنَةٗyear(s)sanatan
  21. قَالَhe saysqāla
  22. رَبِّMy Lordrabbi
  23. أَوۡزِعۡنِيٓgrant me (the) powerawziʿ'nī
  24. أَنۡthatan
  25. أَشۡكُرَI may be gratefulashkura
  26. نِعۡمَتَكَ(for) Your favorniʿ'mataka
  27. ٱلَّتِيٓwhichallatī
  28. أَنۡعَمۡتَYou have bestowedanʿamta
  29. عَلَيَّupon meʿalayya
  30. وَعَلَىٰand uponwaʿalā
  31. وَٰلِدَيَّmy parentswālidayya
  32. وَأَنۡand thatwa-an
  33. أَعۡمَلَI doaʿmala
  34. صَٰلِحٗاrighteous (deeds)ṣāliḥan
  35. تَرۡضَىٰهُwhich please Youtarḍāhu
  36. وَأَصۡلِحۡand make righteouswa-aṣliḥ
  37. لِيfor melī
  38. فِيamongfī
  39. ذُرِّيَّتِيٓۖmy offspringdhurriyyatī
  40. إِنِّيindeedinnī
  41. تُبۡتُI turntub'tu
  42. إِلَيۡكَto Youilayka
  43. وَإِنِّيand indeed, I amwa-innī
  44. مِنَofmina
  45. ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَthose who submitl-mus'limīna

Tafsir

And I commanded man with emphasis that he should be kind to his parents and that he should be righteous towards them in their lifetime and after their death with what does not oppose the sacred law. And in particular his mother who carried him with difficulty and gave birth to him with difficulty. And the length of his gestation period in which he remained and the beginning of his weaning is thirty months. Until when he reaches the completion of his mental and physical strength, he says: “My Lord, inspire me to thank You for Your favour you have done to me and my parents, and inspire me to do good actions which please you, and accept them from me. And correct my children for me. I have repented to You from my sins and I am amongst those who submit to Your obedience and surrender to Your commands”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran