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Surah Al-Isra Verse 23

Quran 17:23 · The Night Journey · Meccan · Juz 15

17:23

Arabic

وَقَضٰى رَبُّكَ اَلَّا تَعْبُدُوْٓا اِلَّآ اِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ اِحْسٰنًاۗ اِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِنْدَكَ الْكِبَرَ اَحَدُهُمَآ اَوْ كِلٰهُمَا فَلَا تَقُلْ لَّهُمَآ اُفٍّ وَّلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُلْ لَّهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيْمًا ۝٢٣

Transliteration

Wa qoḍō robbuka allā ta‘budū illā iyyāhu wa bil-wālidaini iḥsānā, immā yablughonna ‘indakal-kibaro aḥaduhumā au kilāhumā falā taqul lahumā uffiw wa lā tanhar humā wa qul lahumā qoulan karīmā

Meaning

Your Lord has commanded that you worship none but Him, and that you be good to your parents. If either of them or both of them reach old age with you, do not say to them a word of disrespect, nor scold them, but say to them kind words.

Surah Al-Isra verse 23 (Quran 17:23) is verse 23 of the 111 verses of Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey), a Meccan surah that is number 17 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 15.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).