Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:24

17:24

وَٱخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِى صَغِيرًا

wa-ikh'fiḍ lahumā janāḥa l-dhuli mina l-raḥmati waqul rabbi ir'ḥamhumā kamā rabbayānī ṣaghīran

And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small."

— Saheeh International

and lower your wing in humility towards them in kindness and say, ‘Lord, have mercy on them, just as they cared for me when I was little.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And lower unto them the wing of submission and humility through mercy, and say: "My Lord! Bestow on them Your Mercy as they did bring me up when I was young."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَٱخْفِضْwa-ikh'fiḍAnd lower
لَهُمَاlahumāto them
جَنَاحَjanāḥa(the) wing
ٱلذُّلِّl-dhuli(of) humility
مِنَmina(out) of
ٱلرَّحْمَةِl-raḥmati[the] mercy
وَقُلwaquland say
رَّبِّrabbiMy Lord
ٱرْحَمْهُمَاir'ḥamhumāHave mercy on both of them
كَمَاkamāas
رَبَّيَانِىrabbayānīthey brought me up
صَغِيرًۭاṣaghīran(when I was) small