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Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills)

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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ نَتَقَبَّلُ عَنْهُمْ أَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَنَتَجَاوَزُ عَن سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ فِىٓ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖ وَعْدَ ٱلصِّدْقِ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ﴿١٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Those are the ones from whom We will accept the best of what they did and overlook their misdeeds, [their being] among the companions of Paradise. [That is] the promise of truth which they had been promised.

Word-by-word meaning

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones
نَتَقَبَّلُnataqabbaluWe will accept
عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
أَحْسَنَaḥsana(the) best
مَا(of) what
عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did
وَنَتَجَاوَزُwanatajāwazuand We will overlook
عَنʿan[from]
سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْsayyiātihimtheir evil deeds
فِىٓamong
أَصْحَـٰبِaṣḥābi(the) companions
ٱلْجَنَّةِ ۖl-janati(of) Paradise
وَعْدَwaʿdaA promise
ٱلصِّدْقِl-ṣid'qitrue
ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
يُوعَدُونَyūʿadūnapromised

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah's Advice about the ParentsAfter 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,وَقَضَى رَبُّكَ أَلاَّ تَعْبُدُواْ إِلاَّ إِيَّـهُ وَبِالْوَلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَـناً(Your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him, and that you be dutiful to your parents.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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