Surah Al-Ahqaf (الأحقاف) • The Wind-Curved Sandhills

Quran 46:15

46:15

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

wawaṣṣaynā l-insāna biwālidayhi iḥ'sānan ḥamalathu ummuhu kur'han wawaḍaʿathu kur'han waḥamluhu wafiṣāluhu thalāthūna shahran ḥattā idhā balagha ashuddahu wabalagha arbaʿīna sanatan qāla rabbi awziʿ'nī an ashkura niʿ'mataka allatī anʿamta ʿalayya waʿalā wālidayya wa-an aʿmala ṣāliḥan tarḍāhu wa-aṣliḥ lī fī dhurriyyatī innī tub'tu ilayka wa-innī mina l-mus'limīna

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."

— Saheeh International

We have commanded man to be good to his parents: his mother struggled to carry him and struggled to give birth to him- his bearing and weaning took a full thirty months. When he has grown to manhood and reached the age of forty he [may] say, ‘Lord, help me to be truly grateful for Your favours to me and to my parents; help me to do good work that pleases You; make my offspring good. I turn to You; I am one of those who devote themselves to You.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We have enjoined on man to be dutiful and kind to his parents. His mother bears him with hardship. And she brings him forth with hardship, and the bearing of him, and the weaning of him is thirty months, till when he attains full strength and reaches forty years, he says: "My Lord! Grant me the power and ability that I may be grateful for Your Favour which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and that I may do righteous good deeds, such as please You, and make my offspring good. Truly, I have turned to You in repentance, and truly, I am one of the Muslims (submitting to Your Will)."

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

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وَوَصَّيْنَاwawaṣṣaynāAnd We have enjoined
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna(on) man
بِوَٰلِدَيْهِbiwālidayhito his parents
إِحْسَـٰنًاۖiḥ'sānankindness
حَمَلَتْهُḥamalathuCarried him
أُمُّهُۥummuhuhis mother
كُرْهًۭاkur'han(with) hardship
وَوَضَعَتْهُwawaḍaʿathuand gave birth to him
كُرْهًۭاۖkur'han(with) hardship
وَحَمْلُهُۥwaḥamluhuAnd (the) bearing of him
وَفِصَـٰلُهُۥwafiṣāluhuand (the) weaning of him
ثَلَـٰثُونَthalāthūna(is) thirty
شَهْرًاۚshahranmonth(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
ذُرِّيَّتِىٓۖdhurriyyatīmy offspring
إِنِّىinnīindeed
تُبْتُtub'tuI turn
إِلَيْكَilaykato You
وَإِنِّىwa-innīand indeed, I am
مِنَminaof
ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَl-mus'limīnathose who submit