Surah Al-Isra · Ayah 23

Meaning of Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 23

Waqada rabbuka alla taAAbudooilla iyyahu wabilwalidayni ihsananimma yablughanna AAindaka alkibara ahaduhumaaw kilahuma fala taqul lahuma offinwala tanharhuma waqul lahuma qawlan kareema

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1. ۞ وَقَضَىٰwaqaḍāAnd has decreed
2. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
3. أَلَّاallāthat (do) not
4. تَعْبُدُوٓا۟taʿbudūworship
5. إِلَّآillāexcept
6. إِيَّاهُiyyāhuHim Alone
7. وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِwabil-wālidayniand to the parents
8. إِحْسَـٰنًا ۚiḥ'sānan(be) good
9. إِمَّاimmāWhether
10. يَبْلُغَنَّyablughannareach
11. عِندَكَʿindakawith you
12. ٱلْكِبَرَl-kibarathe old age
13. أَحَدُهُمَآaḥaduhumāone of them
14. أَوْawor
15. كِلَاهُمَاkilāhumāboth of them
16. فَلَاfalāthen (do) not
17. تَقُلtaqulsay
18. لَّهُمَآlahumāto both of them
19. أُفٍّۢuffina word of disrespect
20. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
21. تَنْهَرْهُمَاtanharhumārepel them
22. وَقُلwaqulbut speak
23. لَّهُمَاlahumāto them
24. قَوْلًۭاqawlana word
25. كَرِيمًۭاkarīmannoble