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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most MercifulVerses 15–18
4 versesAl-Ahqaf 15
وَوَصَّيْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ اِحْسَانًاۜ حَمَلَتْهُ اُمُّهُ كُرْهًا وَوَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهًاۜ وَحَمْلُهُ وَفِصَالُهُ ثَلٰثُونَ شَهْرًاۜ حَتّٰٓى اِذَا بَلَغَ اَشُدَّهُ وَبَلَغَ اَرْبَع۪ينَ سَنَةًۙ قَالَ رَبِّ اَوْزِعْن۪ٓي اَنْ اَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّت۪ٓي اَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلٰى وَالِدَيَّ وَاَنْ اَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْضٰيهُ وَاَصْلِحْ ل۪ي ف۪ي ذُرِّيَّت۪يۚ اِنّ۪ي تُبْتُ اِلَيْكَ وَاِنّ۪ي مِنَ الْمُسْلِم۪ينَ ١٥
Mushaf
Transliteration
15Veveṣṣayne-lʾinsâne bivâlideyhi iḥsânâ. ḥamelethü ümmühû kürhev veveḍaʿathü kürhâ. veḥamlühû vefiṣâlühû ŝelâŝûne şehrâ. ḥattâ iẕâ belega eşüddehû vebelega erbeʿîne seneten ḳâle rabbi evziʿnî en eşküra niʿmeteke-lletî enʿamte ʿaleyye veʿalâ vâlideyye veen aʿmele ṣâliḥan tarḍâhü veaṣliḥ lî fî ẕürriyyetî. innî tübtü ileyke veinnî mine-lmüslimîn.
English Translation
15We have advised the human being to be good to his mother and father. For his mother carried him in her womb with much hardship and gave birth to him with much pain. And his bearing in the womb and his weaning take thirty months. At last, when this good child reaches full maturity and attains forty years, he says: "My Lord, enable me to give thanks for all the blessings You have bestowed on me and on my parents, and to do deeds that will please You; and make my descendants good and virtuous people. My Lord, I turn to You, and I am Your servant who has become a Muslim with all my being."
Explanatory translation
15The English explanatory translation of this verse is in preparation.
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The translation is the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çavdar, in English where it has been translated. Verse groups and the group translation are from the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çevik. The explanatory translation was compiled by combining various translations.
The Arabic text follows the orthography of the mushafs printed in Turkey. Transliteration: Muhammet Abay, “Çeviriyazı”.