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Qur’an 46:15 Al-Ahqaf, verse 15
وَوَصَّيْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ إِحْسَٰنًا ۖ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُۥ كُرْهًۭا وَوَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهًۭا ۖ وَحَمْلُهُۥ وَفِصَٰلُهُۥ ثَلَٰثُونَ شَهْرًا ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَبَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةًۭ قَالَ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِىٓ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَىَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَٰلِحًۭا تَرْضَىٰهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِى فِى ذُرِّيَّتِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنِّى مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
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 me 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. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
- Surah
- Al-Ahqaf (46)
- Verse
- 15 of 35
- Revealed
- Makki
- Juz
- 26
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- 504
Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| وَوَصَّيْنَا | wawaṣṣaynā | And We have enjoined |
| ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ | l-insāna | (on) man |
| بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ | biwālidayhi | to his parents |
| إِحْسَـٰنًا ۖ | iḥ'sānan | kindness |
| حَمَلَتْهُ | ḥamalathu | Carried him |
| أُمُّهُۥ | ummuhu | his mother |
| كُرْهًۭا | kur'han | (with) hardship |
| وَوَضَعَتْهُ | wawaḍaʿathu | and gave birth to him |
| كُرْهًۭا ۖ | kur'han | (with) hardship |
| وَحَمْلُهُۥ | waḥamluhu | And (the) bearing of him |
| وَفِصَـٰلُهُۥ | wafiṣāluhu | and (the) weaning of him |
| ثَلَـٰثُونَ | thalāthūna | (is) thirty |
| شَهْرًا ۚ | shahran | month(s) |
| حَتَّىٰٓ | ḥattā | until |
| إِذَا | idhā | when |
| بَلَغَ | balagha | he reaches |
| أَشُدَّهُۥ | ashuddahu | his maturity |
| وَبَلَغَ | wabalagha | and reaches |
| أَرْبَعِينَ | arbaʿīna | forty |
| سَنَةًۭ | sanatan | year(s) |
| قَالَ | qāla | he says |
| رَبِّ | rabbi | My Lord |
| أَوْزِعْنِىٓ | awziʿ'nī | grant me (the) power |
| أَنْ | an | that |
| أَشْكُرَ | ashkura | I may be grateful |
| نِعْمَتَكَ | niʿ'mataka | (for) Your favor |
| ٱلَّتِىٓ | allatī | which |
| أَنْعَمْتَ | anʿamta | You have bestowed |
| عَلَىَّ | ʿalayya | upon me |
| وَعَلَىٰ | waʿalā | and upon |
| وَٰلِدَىَّ | wālidayya | my parents |
| وَأَنْ | wa-an | and that |
| أَعْمَلَ | aʿmala | I do |
| صَـٰلِحًۭا | ṣāliḥan | righteous (deeds) |
| تَرْضَىٰهُ | tarḍāhu | which please You |
| وَأَصْلِحْ | wa-aṣliḥ | and make righteous |
| لِى | lī | for me |
| فِى | fī | among |
| ذُرِّيَّتِىٓ ۖ | dhurriyyatī | my offspring |
| إِنِّى | innī | indeed |
| تُبْتُ | tub'tu | I turn |
| إِلَيْكَ | ilayka | to You |
| وَإِنِّى | wa-innī | and indeed, I am |
| مِنَ | mina | of |
| ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ | l-mus'limīna | those who submit |
In context
The verses around 46:15 in Al-Ahqaf.
- 46:13إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَقَٰمُوا۟ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَIndeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allah," and then remained on a right course - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
- 46:14أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَThose are the companions of Paradise, abiding eternally therein as reward for what they used to do.
- 46:16أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ نَتَقَبَّلُ عَنْهُمْ أَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَنَتَجَاوَزُ عَن سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ فِىٓ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ وَعْدَ ٱلصِّدْقِ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَThose are the ones from whom We will accept the best of what they did and overlook their misdeeds, [their being] among the companions of Paradise. [That is] the promise of truth which they had been promised.
- 46:17وَٱلَّذِى قَالَ لِوَٰلِدَيْهِ أُفٍّۢ لَّكُمَآ أَتَعِدَانِنِىٓ أَنْ أُخْرَجَ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ ٱلْقُرُونُ مِن قَبْلِى وَهُمَا يَسْتَغِيثَانِ ٱللَّهَ وَيْلَكَ ءَامِنْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّۭ فَيَقُولُ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَBut one who says to his parents, "Uff 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 Allah for help [and to their son], "Woe to you! Believe! Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth." But he says, "This is not but legends of the former people" -
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