Surah Al-Isra 17:23
سُورَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ · Meccan · Verse 23 of 111
۞ وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَٰنًا ۚ إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ ٱلْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَآ أُفٍّۢ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًۭا كَرِيمًۭا
Translation
Your Lord has commanded that you should worship none but Him, and that you be kind to your parents. If either or both of them reach old age with you, say no word that shows impatience with them, and do not be harsh with them, but speak to them respectfully
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Topics that discuss this verse
Surah Al-Isra 17:23 is discussed in 26 study guides on Maani. Each guide gathers the key verses, Arabic words and lessons of one Quranic topic.
- Rights (Huquq) (key verse)
- Weakness (Da'f) (key verse)
- The Family (Usrah)
- Motherhood (Umumah)
- Sonship (Bunuwwah)
- Idolatry (Shirk)
- Companionship (Suhbah)
- Excellence (Ihsan)
- Reconciliation (Islah)
- Divinity (Uluhiyyah)
- Man (Insan)
- Righteousness (Birr)
- Change (Taghyir)
- Humility (Tawadu)
- The Forbidden (Haram)
- Striving (Jihad)
- Success (Falah)
- The Holy Quran (Al-Qur'an al-Karim)
- Luqman
- Bequest (Wasiyyah)
- Happiness (Sa'adah)
- Striving (Sa'y)
- Injustice (Zulm)
- Responsibility (Mas'uliyyah)
Reflect on this verse
Open Surah Al-Isra 17:23 in Maani to reflect on it through the Five Lenses: its wording, its context, what it means for you, its connections across the Quran and its lessons, grounded in classical tafsir.