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Kindness to parents Qur’an 17:23
۞ وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَٰنًا ۚ إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ ٱلْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَآ أُفٍّۢ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًۭا كَرِيمًۭا
And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], "uff," and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word.
Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
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Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ۞ وَقَضَىٰ | waqaḍā | And has decreed |
| رَبُّكَ | rabbuka | your Lord |
| أَلَّا | allā | that (do) not |
| تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ | taʿbudū | worship |
| إِلَّآ | illā | except |
| إِيَّاهُ | iyyāhu | Him Alone |
| وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ | wabil-wālidayni | and to the parents |
| إِحْسَـٰنًا ۚ | iḥ'sānan | (be) good |
| إِمَّا | immā | Whether |
| يَبْلُغَنَّ | yablughanna | reach |
| عِندَكَ | ʿindaka | with you |
| ٱلْكِبَرَ | l-kibara | the old age |
| أَحَدُهُمَآ | aḥaduhumā | one of them |
| أَوْ | aw | or |
| كِلَاهُمَا | kilāhumā | both of them |
| فَلَا | falā | then (do) not |
| تَقُل | taqul | say |
| لَّهُمَآ | lahumā | to both of them |
| أُفٍّۢ | uffin | a word of disrespect |
| وَلَا | walā | and (do) not |
| تَنْهَرْهُمَا | tanharhumā | repel them |
| وَقُل | waqul | but speak |
| لَّهُمَا | lahumā | to them |
| قَوْلًۭا | qawlan | a word |
| كَرِيمًۭا | karīman | noble |
In context
The verses around 17:23 in Al-Isra.
- 17:21ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ ۚ وَلَلْءَاخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَٰتٍۢ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلًۭاLook how We have favored [in provision] some of them over others. But the Hereafter is greater in degrees [of difference] and greater in distinction.
- 17:22لَّا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًۭا مَّخْذُولًۭاDo not make [as equal] with Allah another deity and [thereby] become censured and forsaken.
- 17:24وَٱخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِى صَغِيرًۭاAnd 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."
- 17:25رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِى نُفُوسِكُمْ ۚ إِن تَكُونُوا۟ صَٰلِحِينَ فَإِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِلْأَوَّٰبِينَ غَفُورًۭاYour Lord is most knowing of what is within yourselves. If you should be righteous [in intention] - then indeed He is ever, to the often returning [to Him], Forgiving.
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