Surah Al Ahqaf Ayat 15 Translation Tafseer

Para 26 - حٰمٓ

سورة الاحقاف

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

46.15

وَ وَصَّیْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَیْهِ اِحْسٰنًاؕ-حَمَلَتْهُ اُمُّهٗ كُرْهًا وَّ وَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهًاؕ-وَ حَمْلُهٗ وَ فِصٰلُهٗ ثَلٰثُوْنَ شَهْرًاؕ-حَتّٰۤى اِذَا بَلَغَ اَشُدَّهٗ وَ بَلَغَ اَرْبَعِیْنَ سَنَةًۙ-قَالَ رَبِّ اَوْزِعْنِیْۤ اَنْ اَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِیْۤ اَنْعَمْتَ عَلَیَّ وَ عَلٰى وَالِدَیَّ وَ اَنْ اَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْضٰىهُ وَ اَصْلِحْ لِیْ فِیْ ذُرِّیَّتِیْ ﱂاِنِّیْ تُبْتُ اِلَیْكَ وَ اِنِّیْ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِیْنَ(15)

Kanz-ul-Irfan

And We commanded man to be kind to his parents. [1] His mother carried him (in her womb) laboriously and gave birth to him laboriously, [2] and the carrying of the child and his weaning duration is thirty months; until when he reached his full strength and became forty years old. He said, “My Lord! Enable me to give thanks for Your blessing which You bestowed upon me and my parents and to perform righteous deeds which please You, [3] and place goodness for me in my offspring. I have turned to you ˹in repentance˺, and I am from the Muslims.”

Commentary

[1]

Here, waṣiyyah refers to an emphatic command and iḥsān means showing good conduct. Included within showing good conduct to parents is serving and obeying them as well as respecting and honouring them.

[2]

Allah Almighty first gave the command to show good conduct to both parents and then separately mentioned the mother specifically and the hardships and pains that she undergoes during pregnancy, childbirth, and two years of suckling. From this, we learn that the mother’s rights over her offspring are superior to the rights of the father.

[3]

The ability to show gratitude for a blessing and to perform righteous acts which please Allah Almighty is only attained from the court of Allah Almighty. Therefore, we should continue supplicating for this ability.

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