Surah Al-'Ankabut 29:8 — translation and meaning

العنكبوت · Verse 8 / 69 · Page 397

ۚ ۖ وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ حُسْنًا وَإِن جَاهَدَاكَ لِتُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا إِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

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ۚ
ۖ
وَوَصَّيْنَا
wawassayna
And We have enjoined
الْإِنسَانَ
al-insana
(on) man
بِوَالِدَيْهِ
biwalidayhi
goodness to his parents
حُسْنًا
hus'nan
goodness to his parents
وَإِن
wa-in
but if
جَاهَدَاكَ
jahadaka
they both strive against you
لِتُشْرِكَ
litush'rika
to make you associate
بِي
bi
with Me
مَا
ma
what
لَيْسَ
laysa
not
لَكَ
laka
you have
بِهِ
bihi
of it
عِلْمٌ
il'mun
any knowledge
فَلَا
fala
then (do) not
تُطِعْهُمَا
tuti'huma
obey both of them
إِلَيَّ
ilayya
To Me
مَرْجِعُكُمْ
marji'ukum
(is) your return
فَأُنَبِّئُكُم
fa-unabbi-ukum
and I will inform you
بِمَا
bima
about what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used
تَعْمَلُونَ
ta'maluna
(to) do

Transliteration

Wa wassainal insaana biwaalidaihi husnanw wa in jaahadaaka litushrika bee maa laisa laka bihee 'ilmun falaa tuti'humaa; ilaiya marji'ukum fa unabbi'ukum bimaa kuntum ta'maloon

Translation

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.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And I enjoined upon humankind that they be righteous and good with their parents. O man, if your parents force you to associate with Me that whose association you have no knowledge of - as occurred with Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas from his mother - do not obey them in that, because there is no obedience to the creation in disobedience to the Creator. To Me alone is your return on the Day of Judgment, then I shall inform you of what you used to do in the world and I shall reward you for it.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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