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Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills)

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وَٱلَّذِى قَالَ لِوَٰلِدَيْهِ أُفٍّۢ لَّكُمَآ أَتَعِدَانِنِىٓ أَنْ أُخْرَجَ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ ٱلْقُرُونُ مِن قَبْلِى وَهُمَا يَسْتَغِيثَانِ ٱللَّهَ وَيْلَكَ ءَامِنْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّۭ فَيَقُولُ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ﴿١٧

Translation (Sahih International)

But one who says to his parents, "Uff to you; do you promise me that I will be brought forth [from the earth] when generations before me have already passed on [into oblivion]?" while they call to Allah for help [and to their son], "Woe to you! Believe! Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth." But he says, "This is not but legends of the former people" -

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhīBut the one who
قَالَqālasays
لِوَٰلِدَيْهِliwālidayhito his parents
أُفٍّۢuffinUff
لَّكُمَآlakumāto both of you
أَتَعِدَانِنِىٓataʿidāninīDo you promise me
أَنْanthat
أُخْرَجَukh'rajaI will be brought forth
وَقَدْwaqadand have already passed away
خَلَتِkhalatiand have already passed away
ٱلْقُرُونُl-qurūnuthe generations
مِنminbefore me
قَبْلِىqablībefore me
وَهُمَاwahumāAnd they both
يَسْتَغِيثَانِyastaghīthāniseek help
ٱللَّهَl-laha(of) Allah
وَيْلَكَwaylakaWoe to you
ءَامِنْāminBelieve
إِنَّinnaIndeed
وَعْدَwaʿda(the) Promise
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
حَقٌّۭḥaqqun(is) true
فَيَقُولُfayaqūluBut he says
مَاNot
هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
إِلَّآillābut
أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīru(the) stories
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Mention of the Undutiful Children and Their EndIn the previous Ayat, Allah mentions the dutiful offspring who supplicate for their parents and treat them with kindness. He describes the success and salvation He has prepared for them. Here He connects to that discussion the situation of the wretched offspring who are undutiful toward their parents. Allah says,وَالَّذِى قَالَ لِوَلِدَيْهِ أُفٍّ لَّكُمَآ(But he who says to his parents: "Uff to you! ...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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