Surah Al-Ahqaf, ayah 15
وَوَصَّيْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ إِحْسَـٰنًا ۖ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُۥ كُرْهًا وَوَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهًا ۖ وَحَمْلُهُۥ وَفِصَـٰلُهُۥ ثَلَـٰثُونَ شَهْرًا ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَبَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِىٓ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَىَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَـٰلِحًا 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."
Word by word
- وَوَصَّيْنَاwawaṣṣaynāAnd We have enjoined
- ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna(on) man
- بِوَٰلِدَيْهِbiwālidayhito his parents
- إِحْسَـٰنًا ۖiḥ'sānankindness
- حَمَلَتْهُḥamalathuCarried him
- أُمُّهُۥummuhuhis mother
- كُرْهًۭاkur'han(with) hardship
- وَوَضَعَتْهُwawaḍaʿathuand gave birth to him
- كُرْهًۭا ۖkur'han(with) hardship
- وَحَمْلُهُۥwaḥamluhuAnd (the) bearing of him
- وَفِصَـٰلُهُۥwafiṣāluhuand (the) weaning of him
- ثَلَـٰثُونَthalāthūna(is) thirty
- شَهْرًا ۚshahranmonth(s)
- حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- بَلَغَbalaghahe reaches
- أَشُدَّهُۥashuddahuhis maturity
- وَبَلَغَwabalaghaand reaches
- أَرْبَعِينَarbaʿīnaforty
- سَنَةًۭsanatanyear(s)
- قَالَqālahe says
- رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
- أَوْزِعْنِىٓawziʿ'nīgrant me (the) power
- أَنْanthat
- أَشْكُرَashkuraI may be grateful
- نِعْمَتَكَniʿ'mataka(for) Your favor
- ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
- أَنْعَمْتَanʿamtaYou have bestowed
- عَلَىَّʿalayyaupon me
- وَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand upon
- وَٰلِدَىَّwālidayyamy parents
- وَأَنْwa-anand that
- أَعْمَلَaʿmalaI do
- صَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteous (deeds)
- تَرْضَىٰهُtarḍāhuwhich please You
- وَأَصْلِحْwa-aṣliḥand make righteous
- لِىlīfor me
- فِىfīamong
- ذُرِّيَّتِىٓ ۖdhurriyyatīmy offspring
- إِنِّىinnīindeed
- تُبْتُtub'tuI turn
- إِلَيْكَilaykato You
- وَإِنِّىwa-innīand indeed, I am
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَl-mus'limīnathose who submit
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