Dua for Parents: Surah Al-Isra 17:24
سُورَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ · Meccan · Verse 24 of 111
وَٱخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِى صَغِيرًۭا
Translation
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.’
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Topics that discuss this verse
Surah Al-Isra 17:24 is discussed in 18 study guides on Maani. Each guide gathers the key verses, Arabic words and lessons of one Quranic topic.
- Rights (Huquq) (key verse)
- Humility (Tawadu)
- Weakness (Da'f)
- The Family (Usrah)
- Reconciliation (Islah)
- Motherhood (Umumah)
- Righteousness (Birr)
- Nurturing (Tarbiyah)
- Change (Taghyir)
- Humiliation (Dhillah)
- The Holy Quran (Al-Qur'an al-Karim)
- Time (Waqt)
- Ease (Yusr)
- Happiness (Sa'adah)
- Striving (Sa'y)
- Uprightness (Salah)
- Responsibility (Mas'uliyyah)
- Tolerance (Samahah)
Reflect on this verse
Open Surah Al-Isra 17:24 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.