Surah Al-Isra, ayah 23
۞ وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَـٰنًا ۚ إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ ٱلْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَآ أُفٍّ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيمًا
And your Lord has decreed that you worship not 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.
Al-Isra · 17:23
Word by word
- ۞ وَقَضَىٰwaqaḍāAnd has decreed
- رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
- أَلَّاallāthat (do) not
- تَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudūworship
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- إِيَّاهُiyyāhuHim Alone
- وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِwabil-wālidayniand to the parents
- إِحْسَـٰنًا ۚiḥ'sānan(be) good
- إِمَّاimmāWhether
- يَبْلُغَنَّyablughannareach
- عِندَكَʿindakawith you
- ٱلْكِبَرَl-kibarathe old age
- أَحَدُهُمَآaḥaduhumāone of them
- أَوْawor
- كِلَاهُمَاkilāhumāboth of them
- فَلَاfalāthen (do) not
- تَقُلtaqulsay
- لَّهُمَآlahumāto both of them
- أُفٍّۢuffina word of disrespect
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَنْهَرْهُمَاtanharhumārepel them
- وَقُلwaqulbut speak
- لَّهُمَاlahumāto them
- قَوْلًۭاqawlana word
- كَرِيمًۭاkarīmannoble
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