Surah Maryam 19:14 — translation and meaning

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وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَكُن جَبَّارًا عَصِيًّا

Word by Word

وَبَرًّا
wabarran
And dutiful
بِوَالِدَيْهِ
biwalidayhi
to his parents
وَلَمْ
walam
and not
يَكُن
yakun
he was
جَبَّارًا
jabbaran
a tyrant
عَصِيًّا
asiyyan
disobedient

Transliteration

Wa barram biwaalidayhi wa lam yakum jabbaaran 'asiyyaa

Translation

And dutiful to his parents, and he was not a disobedient tyrant.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And he was dutiful to his parents, soft with them and kind towards them. And he was neither arrogant regarding obedience to his Lord or his parents nor was he disobedient towards his Lord or his parents.

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

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