وَوَصَّيۡنَا
ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ
بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ
إِحۡسَٰنًاۖ
حَمَلَتۡهُ
أُمُّهُۥ
كُرۡهٗا
وَوَضَعَتۡهُ
كُرۡهٗاۖ
وَحَمۡلُهُۥ
وَفِصَٰلُهُۥ
ثَلَٰثُونَ
شَهۡرًاۚ
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَا
بَلَغَ
أَشُدَّهُۥ
وَبَلَغَ
أَرۡبَعِينَ
سَنَةٗ
قَالَ
رَبِّ
أَوۡزِعۡنِيٓ
أَنۡ
أَشۡكُرَ
نِعۡمَتَكَ
ٱلَّتِيٓ
أَنۡعَمۡتَ
عَلَيَّ
وَعَلَىٰ
وَٰلِدَيَّ
وَأَنۡ
أَعۡمَلَ
صَٰلِحٗا
تَرۡضَىٰهُ
وَأَصۡلِحۡ
لِي
فِي
ذُرِّيَّتِيٓۖ
إِنِّي
تُبۡتُ
إِلَيۡكَ
وَإِنِّي
مِنَ
ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ
١٥
We have commanded people to honour their parents. Their mothers bore them in hardship and delivered them in hardship. Their ˹period of˺ bearing and weaning is thirty months. In time, when the child reaches their prime at the age of forty, they pray, “My Lord! Inspire me to ˹always˺ be thankful for Your favours which You blessed me and my parents with, and to do good deeds that please You. And instil righteousness in my offspring. I truly repent to You, and I truly submit ˹to Your Will˺.”
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Allah's Advice about the Parents
After mentioning that one must confess His Oneness, worship Him with sincerity, and remain upright in obeying Him, Allah follows that by giving instructions regarding the parents. These appear together in many places of the Qur'an, such as Allah's saying,
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…Allah's Advice about the Parents
After mentioning that one must confess His Oneness, worship Him with sincerity, and remain upright in obeying Him, All
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