Surah 29. Al-Ankabut, Ayah 8
| وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ حُسْنًا ۖ وَإِنْ جَاهَدَاكَ لِتُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا ۚ إِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- was.s.aynaa al- 'insaan bi- waalidai -hi h.usn(an) wa- 'in jaahadaa -ka li- tushrik bi- -y maa laysa la- -ka bi- -hi cilm fa- laa tut.ic -humaa 'ilay -ya marjic -kum fa- unabbi' -kum bi- maa kuntum tacmalon |
| Pickthall | : | We have enjoined on man kindness to parents; but if they strive to make thee join with Me that of which thou hast no knowledge, then obey them not. Unto Me is your return and I shall tell you what ye used to do. |
| Asad | : | Now [among the best of righteous deeds which] We have enjoined upon man [is] goodness towards his parents;3 yet [even so,] should they endeavour to make thee ascribe divinity, side by side with Me, to something which thy mind cannot accept [as divine],4 obey them not: [for] it is unto Me that you all must return, whereupon I shall make you [truly] under-stand [the right and wrong of] all that you were doing [in life]. |
| Malik | : | We have enjoined man to show kindness to his parents; but if they (your parents) force you to commit shirk with Me, of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them. To Me is your return and I will inform you of what you have done. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | We have enjoined on man kindness to parents: but if they (either of them) strive (to force) thee to join with Me (in worship) anything of which thou hast no knowledge obey them not. Ye have (all) to return to Me and I will tell you (the truth) of all that ye did. 3430 3431 |
Note - 3Cf. {31:14-15} and, particularly, the corresponding note
[15].
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Note - 4Lit., "something of which thou hast no knowledge": i.e.,
in this particular case, "something which conflicts with
thy knowledge that none and nothing can have any share in
God's qualities or powers". According to Razi, this
phrase may also allude to concepts not evolved through
personal knowledge but, rather, acquired through a blind,
uncritical acceptance of other people's views (taqlid).
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Note - 3430That is, no certainty. In matters of faith and worship,
even parents have no right to force their children. They
cannot and must not hold up before them any worship but
that of the One True God.
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Note - 3431Children and parents must all remember that they have all
to go before Allah's tribunal, and answer, each for his
own deeds. In cases where one set of people have lawful
authority over another set of people (as in the case of
parents and children), and the two differ in important
matters like that of Faith, the latter are justified in
rejecting authority: the apparent conflict will be solved
when the whole truth is revealed to all eyes in the final
Judgment.
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Lit., "something of which thou hast no knowledge": i.e., in this particular case, "something which conflicts with thy knowledge that none and nothing can have any share in God's qualities or powers". According to Razi, this phrase may also allude to concepts not evolved through personal knowledge but, rather, acquired through a blind, uncritical acceptance of other people's views (taqlid). |
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That is, no certainty. In matters of faith and worship, even parents have no right to force their children. They cannot and must not hold up before them any worship but that of the One True God. |
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Children and parents must all remember that they have all to go before Allah's tribunal, and answer, each for his own deeds. In cases where one set of people have lawful authority over another set of people (as in the case of parents and children), and the two differ in important matters like that of Faith, the latter are justified in rejecting authority: the apparent conflict will be solved when the whole truth is revealed to all eyes in the final Judgment. |
