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Al-Isra 17:23

۞وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ وَبِٱلۡوَٰلِدَيۡنِ إِحۡسَٰنًاۚ إِمَّا يَبۡلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ ٱلۡكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَوۡ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَآ أُفّٖ وَلَا تَنۡهَرۡهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوۡلٗا كَرِيمٗا

For your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him. And honour your parents. If one or both of them reach old age in your care, never say to them ˹even˺ ‘ugh,’ nor yell at them. Rather, address them respectfully.

Word by word

۞وَقَضَىٰ
waqaḍā
And has decreed
Vocabulary
Root: قضي
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
Vocabulary
Root: ربب
أَلَّا
allā
that (do) not
Vocabulary
تَعۡبُدُوٓاْ
taʿbudū
worship
Vocabulary
Root: عبد
إِلَّآ
illā
except
Vocabulary
إِيَّاهُ
iyyāhu
Him Alone
Vocabulary
وَبِٱلۡوَٰلِدَيۡنِ
wabil-wālidayni
and to the parents
Vocabulary
Root: ولد
إِحۡسَٰنًاۚ
iḥ'sānan
(be) good
Vocabulary
Root: حسن
إِمَّا
immā
Whether
Vocabulary
يَبۡلُغَنَّ
yablughanna
reach
Vocabulary
Root: بلغ
عِندَكَ
ʿindaka
with you
Vocabulary
Root: عند
ٱلۡكِبَرَ
l-kibara
the old age
Vocabulary
Root: كبر
أَحَدُهُمَآ
aḥaduhumā
one of them
Vocabulary
Root: احد
أَوۡ
aw
or
Vocabulary
كِلَاهُمَا
kilāhumā
both of them
Vocabulary
Root: كلو
فَلَا
falā
then (do) not
Vocabulary
تَقُل
taqul
say
Vocabulary
Root: قول
لَّهُمَآ
lahumā
to both of them
Vocabulary
أُفّٖ
uffin
a word of disrespect
Vocabulary
Root: افف
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
Vocabulary
تَنۡهَرۡهُمَا
tanharhumā
repel them
Vocabulary
Root: نهر
وَقُل
waqul
but speak
Vocabulary
Root: قول
لَّهُمَا
lahumā
to them
Vocabulary
قَوۡلٗا
qawlan
a word
Vocabulary
Root: قول
كَرِيمٗا
karīman
noble
Vocabulary
Root: كرم

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.