وَوَصَّيْنَا
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ
بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ
إِحْسَـٰنًا ۖ
حَمَلَتْهُ
أُمُّهُۥ
كُرْهًۭا
وَوَضَعَتْهُ
كُرْهًۭا ۖ
وَحَمْلُهُۥ
وَفِصَـٰلُهُۥ
ثَلَـٰثُونَ
شَهْرًا ۚ
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَا
بَلَغَ
أَشُدَّهُۥ
وَبَلَغَ
أَرْبَعِينَ
سَنَةًۭ
قَالَ
رَبِّ
أَوْزِعْنِىٓ
أَنْ
أَشْكُرَ
نِعْمَتَكَ
ٱلَّتِىٓ
أَنْعَمْتَ
عَلَىَّ
وَعَلَىٰ
وَٰلِدَىَّ
وَأَنْ
أَعْمَلَ
صَـٰلِحًۭا
تَرْضَىٰهُ
وَأَصْلِحْ
لِى
فِى
ذُرِّيَّتِىٓ ۖ
إِنِّى
تُبْتُ
إِلَيْكَ
وَإِنِّى
مِنَ
ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
١٥
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.’
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem