Quran 31:14 — Luqman, verse 14
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have commanded people to be good to their parents: their mothers carried them, with strain upon strain, and it takes two years to wean them. Give thanks to Me and to your parents- all will return to Me.
وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَهْنًا عَلَىٰ وَهْنٍ وَفِصَالُهُ فِي عَامَيْنِ أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيْكَ إِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ
wawaṣṣaynā l-insāna biwālidayhi ḥamalathu ummuhu wahnan ʿalā wahnin wafiṣāluhu fī ʿāmayni ani ush'kur lī waliwālidayka ilayya l-maṣīru
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- (And We have charged man concerning his parents -- his mother bore him in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning was in two years -- 'Be thankful to Me, and to thy parents; to Me is the homecoming.
- Muhammad Asad
- “And [God says:] ‘We have enjoined upon man goodness towards his parents: his mother bore him by bearing strain upon strain, and his utter dependence on her lasted two years: [hence, O man,] be grateful towards Me and towards thy parents, [and remember that] with Me is all journeys’ end.
- Sahih International
- And We have enjoined upon man [care] for his parents. His mother carried him, [increasing her] in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years. Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the [final] destination.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَوَصَّيْنَاwawaṣṣaynā | And We have enjoined | وصي |
| 2 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna | (upon) man | أنس |
| 3 | بِوَٰلِدَيْهِbiwālidayhi | for his parents | ولد |
| 4 | حَمَلَتْهُḥamalathu | carried him | حمل |
| 5 | أُمُّهُۥummuhu | his mother | أمم |
| 6 | وَهْنًاwahnan | (in) weakness | وهن |
| 7 | عَلَىٰʿalā | upon | — |
| 8 | وَهْنٍۢwahnin | weakness | وهن |
| 9 | وَفِصَـٰلُهُۥwafiṣāluhu | and his weaning | فصل |
| 10 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 11 | عَامَيْنِʿāmayni | two years | عوم |
| 12 | أَنِani | that | — |
| 13 | ٱشْكُرْush'kur | Be grateful | شكر |
| 14 | لِىlī | to Me | — |
| 15 | وَلِوَٰلِدَيْكَwaliwālidayka | and to your parents | ولد |
| 16 | إِلَىَّilayya | towards Me | — |
| 17 | ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru | (is) the destination | صير |