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Qur’an 17:24 Al-Isra, verse 24

وَٱخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِى صَغِيرًۭا

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. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

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Al-Isra (17)
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Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaning
وَٱخْفِضْwa-ikh'fiḍAnd lower
لَهُمَاlahumāto them
جَنَاحَjanāḥa(the) wing
ٱلذُّلِّl-dhuli(of) humility
مِنَmina(out) of
ٱلرَّحْمَةِl-raḥmati[the] mercy
وَقُلwaquland say
رَّبِّrabbiMy Lord
ٱرْحَمْهُمَاir'ḥamhumāHave mercy on both of them
كَمَاkamāas
رَبَّيَانِىrabbayānīthey brought me up
صَغِيرًۭاṣaghīran(when I was) small

In context

The verses around 17:24 in Al-Isra.

  • 17:22لَّا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًۭا مَّخْذُولًۭاDo not make [as equal] with Allah another deity and [thereby] become censured and forsaken.
  • 17:23۞ وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَٰنًا ۚ إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ ٱلْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَآ أُفٍّۢ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًۭا كَرِيمًۭاAnd 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.
  • 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.
  • 17:26وَءَاتِ ذَا ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ حَقَّهُۥ وَٱلْمِسْكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيرًاAnd give the relative his right, and [also] the poor and the traveler, and do not spend wastefully.

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