Quran 17:24 — Al-Israa, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and lower your wing in humility towards them in kindness and say, ‘Lord, have mercy on them, just as they cared for me when I was little.’
وَاخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَقُلْ رَبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا
wa-ikh'fiḍ lahumā janāḥa l-dhuli mina l-raḥmati waqul rabbi ir'ḥamhumā kamā rabbayānī ṣaghīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and lower to them the wing of humbleness out of mercy and say; 'My Lord, have mercy upon them, as they raised me up when I was little.'
- Muhammad Asad
- and spread over them humbly the wings of thy tenderness, and say: "O my Sustainer! Bestow Thy grace upon them, even as they cherished and reared me when I was a child!"
- Sahih International
- And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱخْفِضْwa-ikh'fiḍ | And lower | خفض |
| 2 | لَهُمَاlahumā | to them | — |
| 3 | جَنَاحَjanāḥa | (the) wing | جنح |
| 4 | ٱلذُّلِّl-dhuli | (of) humility | ذلل |
| 5 | مِنَmina | (out) of | — |
| 6 | ٱلرَّحْمَةِl-raḥmati | [the] mercy | رحم |
| 7 | وَقُلwaqul | and say | قول |
| 8 | رَّبِّrabbi | My Lord | ربب |
| 9 | ٱرْحَمْهُمَاir'ḥamhumā | Have mercy on both of them | رحم |
| 10 | كَمَاkamā | as | — |
| 11 | رَبَّيَانِىrabbayānī | they brought me up | ربو |
| 12 | صَغِيرًۭاṣaghīran | (when I was) small | صغر |