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Al-Ahqaf 17

Ayah 17 of 35 · Meccan

وَٱلَّذِي قَالَ لِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ أُفّٖ لَّكُمَآ أَتَعِدَانِنِيٓ أَنۡ أُخۡرَجَ وَقَدۡ خَلَتِ ٱلۡقُرُونُ مِن قَبۡلِي وَهُمَا يَسۡتَغِيثَانِ ٱللَّهَ وَيۡلَكَ ءَامِنۡ إِنَّ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقّٞ فَيَقُولُ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ١٧

But one who says to his parents, "Uff1 to you; do you promise me that I will be brought forth [from the earth] when generations before me have already passed on [into oblivion]?" while they call to Allāh for help [and to their son], "Woe to you! Believe! Indeed, the promise of Allāh is truth." But he says, "This is not but legends of the former peoples" -

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 An expression of distaste and irritation.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱلَّذِيBut the one whowa-alladhī
  2. قَالَsaysqāla
  3. لِوَٰلِدَيۡهِto his parentsliwālidayhi
  4. أُفّٖUffuffin
  5. لَّكُمَآto both of youlakumā
  6. أَتَعِدَانِنِيٓDo you promise meataʿidāninī
  7. أَنۡthatan
  8. أُخۡرَجَI will be brought forthukh'raja
  9. وَقَدۡand have already passed awaywaqad
  10. خَلَتِand have already passed awaykhalati
  11. ٱلۡقُرُونُthe generationsl-qurūnu
  12. مِنbefore memin
  13. قَبۡلِيbefore meqablī
  14. وَهُمَاAnd they bothwahumā
  15. يَسۡتَغِيثَانِseek helpyastaghīthāni
  16. ٱللَّهَ(of) Allahl-laha
  17. وَيۡلَكَWoe to youwaylaka
  18. ءَامِنۡBelieveāmin
  19. إِنَّIndeedinna
  20. وَعۡدَ(the) Promisewaʿda
  21. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  22. حَقّٞ(is) trueḥaqqun
  23. فَيَقُولُBut he saysfayaqūlu
  24. مَاNotmā
  25. هَٰذَآ(is) thishādhā
  26. إِلَّآbutillā
  27. أَسَٰطِيرُ(the) storiesasāṭīru
  28. ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ(of) the former (people)l-awalīna

Tafsir

And the one who said to his parents: “Woe unto you. Do you promise me that I will be taken out of my grave alive after I die, whereas many nations have passed in which people died, but none of them was raised alive?” And his parents are seeking help from Allah to guide their son towards faith, and they say to their son: “Woe unto you if you do not bring faith on the resurrection, so bring faith in it. Allah’s promise of resurrection is true without doubt”. But he says, renewing his denial of the resurrection: “This which is said regarding the resurrection is nothing but something related from the books of the previous people and what they wrote. It is not proven from Allah”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran