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

Quran 46:17

46:17

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

wa-alladhī qāla liwālidayhi uffin lakumā ataʿidāninī an ukh'raja waqad khalati l-qurūnu min qablī wahumā yastaghīthāni l-laha waylaka āmin inna waʿda l-lahi ḥaqqun fayaqūlu mā hādhā illā asāṭīru l-awalīna

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" -

— Saheeh International

But some say to their parents, ‘What? Are you really warning me that I shall be raised alive from my grave, when so many generations have already passed and gone before me?’ His parents implore God for help; they say, ‘Alas for you! Believe! God’s promise is true,’ but still he replies, ‘These are nothing but ancient fables.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

But he who says to his parents: "Fie upon you both! Do you hold out the promise to me that I shall be raised up (again) when generations before me have passed away (without rising)?" While they (father and mother) invoke Allâh for help (and rebuke their son): "Woe to you! Believe! Verily, the Promise of Allâh is true." But he says: "This is nothing but the tales of the ancient."

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

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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)