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Al-Ankabut (The Spider)

Verse 8of 69

وَوَصَّيْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ حُسْنًۭا ۖ وَإِن جَٰهَدَاكَ لِتُشْرِكَ بِى مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌۭ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَآ ۚ إِلَىَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ﴿٨﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

And We have enjoined upon man goodness to parents. But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them. To Me is your return, and I will inform you about what you used to do.

Word-by-word meaning

وَوَصَّيْنَاwawaṣṣaynāAnd We have enjoined
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna(on) man
بِوَٰلِدَيْهِbiwālidayhigoodness to his parents
حُسْنًۭا ۖḥus'nangoodness to his parents
وَإِنwa-inbut if
جَـٰهَدَاكَjāhadākathey both strive against you
لِتُشْرِكَlitush'rikato make you associate
بِىbīwith Me
مَاmāwhat
لَيْسَlaysanot
لَكَlakayou have
بِهِۦbihiof it
عِلْمٌۭʿil'munany knowledge
فَلَاfalāthen (do) not
تُطِعْهُمَآ ۚtuṭiʿ'humāobey both of them
إِلَىَّilayyaTo Me
مَرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukum(is) your return
فَأُنَبِّئُكُمfa-unabbi-ukumand I will inform you
بِمَاbimāabout what
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna(to) do

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah commands His servants to be dutiful to parents, after urging them to adhere to belief in His Tawhid, because a person's parents are the cause of his existence. So he must treat them with the utmost kindness and respect, his father for spending on him and his mother because of her compassion for him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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