The Holy Quran 46:15 — Surah Al-Ahqaf

Arabic text

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

Translation

We enjoined (commanded) man to treat his parents kindly. His mother bore him with hardship (pain and discomfort) and delivered him with hardship and his bearing and weaning are (completed) in (a maximum period of) thirty months. (In this manner was man carried and delivered to the world) Until the time arrives when he comes of strength (matures) and (thereafter when he) reaches the age of forty (when he reaches complete mental and spiritual maturity) he says, "O my Rabb! Grant me the ability to be grateful for the bounties that You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and (grant me the ability so) that I (am able to) carry out good deeds with which You are pleased. And (in addition to this) create sound capabilities in my progeny (so that they may also have the ability to be steadfast Muslims). Verily I repent to You (for my sins) and am from among those who surrender (are obedient) to You."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The rights of parents: in many places in the Quran Almighty Allah has mentioned the right of parents together with His own right. For the true Originator is Allah, but in the world of means parents become the outward cause of the existence of children and a special manifestation of the rububiyyah (sustaining and nurturing of creation) of Almighty Allah.

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