Surah Al-Ahqaf, ayah 17
وَٱلَّذِى قَالَ لِوَٰلِدَيْهِ أُفٍّ لَّكُمَآ أَتَعِدَانِنِىٓ أَنْ أُخْرَجَ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ ٱلْقُرُونُ مِن قَبْلِى وَهُمَا يَسْتَغِيثَانِ ٱللَّهَ وَيْلَكَ ءَامِنْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَيَقُولُ مَا هَـٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
But 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 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" -
Al-Ahqaf · 46:17
Word by word
- وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhīBut the one who
- قَالَqālasays
- لِوَٰلِدَيْهِliwālidayhito his parents
- أُفٍّۢuffinUff
- لَّكُمَآlakumāto both of you
- أَتَعِدَانِنِىٓataʿidāninīDo you promise me
- أَنْanthat
- أُخْرَجَukh'rajaI will be brought forth
- وَقَدْwaqadand have already passed away
- خَلَتِkhalatiand have already passed away
- ٱلْقُرُونُl-qurūnuthe generations
- مِنminbefore me
- قَبْلِىqablībefore me
- وَهُمَاwahumāAnd they both
- يَسْتَغِيثَانِyastaghīthāniseek help
- ٱللَّهَl-laha(of) Allah
- وَيْلَكَwaylakaWoe to you
- ءَامِنْāminBelieve
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- وَعْدَwaʿda(the) Promise
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- حَقٌّۭḥaqqun(is) true
- فَيَقُولُfayaqūluBut he says
- مَاmāNot
- هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
- إِلَّآillābut
- أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīru(the) stories
- ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)
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