Quran 29:8 — Al-Ankaboot, verse 8
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have commanded people to be good to their parents, but do not obey them if they strive to make you serve, beside Me, anything of which you have no knowledge: you will all return to Me, and I shall inform you of what you have done.
وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ حُسْنًا ۖ وَإِنْ جَاهَدَاكَ لِتُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا ۚ إِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
wawaṣṣaynā l-insāna biwālidayhi ḥus'nan wa-in jāhadāka litush'rika bī mā laysa laka bihi ʿil'mun falā tuṭiʿ'humā ilayya marjiʿukum fa-unabbi-ukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We have charged man, that he be kind to his parents; but if they strive with thee to make thee associate with Me that whereof thou hast no knowledge, then do not obey them; unto Me you shall return, and I shall tell you what you were doing.
- Muhammad Asad
- Now [among the best of righteous deeds which] We have enjoined upon man [is] goodness towards his parents; yet [even so,] should they endeavour to make thee ascribe divinity, side by side with Me, to something which thy mind cannot accept [as divine], obey then, not: [for] it is unto Me that you all must return, whereupon I shall make you [truly] understand [the right and wrong of] all that you were doing [in life].
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَوَصَّيْنَاwawaṣṣaynā | And We have enjoined | وصي |
| 2 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna | (on) man | أنس |
| 3 | بِوَٰلِدَيْهِbiwālidayhi | goodness to his parents | ولد |
| 4 | حُسْنًۭا ۖḥus'nan | goodness to his parents | حسن |
| 5 | وَإِنwa-in | but if | — |
| 6 | جَـٰهَدَاكَjāhadāka | they both strive against you | جهد |
| 7 | لِتُشْرِكَlitush'rika | to make you associate | شرك |
| 8 | بِىbī | with Me | — |
| 9 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 10 | لَيْسَlaysa | not | ليس |
| 11 | لَكَlaka | you have | — |
| 12 | بِهِۦbihi | of it | — |
| 13 | عِلْمٌۭʿil'mun | any knowledge | علم |
| 14 | فَلَاfalā | then (do) not | — |
| 15 | تُطِعْهُمَآ ۚtuṭiʿ'humā | obey both of them | طوع |
| 16 | إِلَىَّilayya | To Me | — |
| 17 | مَرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukum | (is) your return | رجع |
| 18 | فَأُنَبِّئُكُمfa-unabbi-ukum | and I will inform you | نبأ |
| 19 | بِمَاbimā | about what | — |
| 20 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you used | كون |
| 21 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | (to) do | عمل |