Translation of the meanings Ayah 15 Surah Al-Ahqāf - English translation - Jacob - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 15

وَوَصَّيۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ إِحۡسَٰنًاۖ حَمَلَتۡهُ أُمُّهُۥ كُرۡهٗا وَوَضَعَتۡهُ كُرۡهٗاۖ وَحَمۡلُهُۥ وَفِصَٰلُهُۥ ثَلَٰثُونَ شَهۡرًاۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَبَلَغَ أَرۡبَعِينَ سَنَةٗ قَالَ رَبِّ أَوۡزِعۡنِيٓ أَنۡ أَشۡكُرَ نِعۡمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَيَّ وَأَنۡ أَعۡمَلَ صَٰلِحٗا تَرۡضَىٰهُ وَأَصۡلِحۡ لِي فِي ذُرِّيَّتِيٓۖ إِنِّي تُبۡتُ إِلَيۡكَ وَإِنِّي مِنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ

15. We have enjoined on man to be good and kind to his parents8. His mother bore him and cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. His gestation and weaning (period) is thirty months. (He grows) until, when he attains full strength and reaches forty years, he may say: ‘(O Allah my) Lord, inspire me that I may give thanks for Your Favor which You have  bestowed on me and on my parents, and that I may do righteous deeds which pleases You, and make my offspring righteous. I turn to You (in repentance), and I am a Muslim.’

8. Children, obey your parents in everything that not contradicts with the teachings of Islam, for this pleases Allah. Repeatedly Allah commands children to honor their parents with loving hearts of obedience.  Children who demean or belittle their parents' leadership and decision making are clearly on a path to destruction. For Allah commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother that it may go well with you and that you may be blessed.