Translation of the meanings Ayah 17 Surah Al-Ahqāf - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 17

وَٱلَّذِي قَالَ لِوَٰلِدَيۡهِ أُفّٖ لَّكُمَآ أَتَعِدَانِنِيٓ أَنۡ أُخۡرَجَ وَقَدۡ خَلَتِ ٱلۡقُرُونُ مِن قَبۡلِي وَهُمَا يَسۡتَغِيثَانِ ٱللَّهَ وَيۡلَكَ ءَامِنۡ إِنَّ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقّٞ فَيَقُولُ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

17. But he who says to his parents: "Fie on you! Do you threaten me that I will be resurrected while (many) generations have already passed on before me9?" While they both (the parents) call for Allah’s help (and say): Oh no, believe, the Promise of Allāh is always true. But he says: "This is not except legends of the ancients."

9. And none of them were resurrected. Allāh punishes severely the adult child that mocks a father and scorns to obey his parents.