Surah Al-Ahqaf 46:15
سُورَةُ الأَحۡقَافِ · Meccan · Verse 15 of 35
وَوَصَّيْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ إِحْسَٰنًا ۖ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُۥ كُرْهًۭا وَوَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهًۭا ۖ وَحَمْلُهُۥ وَفِصَٰلُهُۥ ثَلَٰثُونَ شَهْرًا ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَبَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةًۭ قَالَ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِىٓ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَىَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَٰلِحًۭا تَرْضَىٰهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِى فِى ذُرِّيَّتِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنِّى مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
Translation
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.’
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Topics that discuss this verse
Surah Al-Ahqaf 46:15 is discussed in 16 study guides on Maani. Each guide gathers the key verses, Arabic words and lessons of one Quranic topic.
- Man (Insan) (key verse)
- Motherhood (Umumah) (key verse)
- Hatred (Kurh) (key verse)
- Bequest (Wasiyyah) (key verse)
- Feebleness (Wahn) (key verse)
- Uprightness (Salah) (key verse)
- Sonship (Bunuwwah)
- Excellence (Ihsan)
- Contentment (Rida)
- Rights (Huquq)
- Supplication (Dua)
- Seeing Allah (Ru'yah)
- Blessings (Ni'am)
- Time (Waqt)
- Orphans (Yateem)
- Tolerance (Samahah)
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