Dua for parents (Rabbirhamhuma) · Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 24 (17:24)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

وَٱخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِى …

Quran 17:24 is ayah 24 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 284 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:24
وَٱخْفِضْلَهُمَاجَنَاحَٱلذُّلِّمِنَٱلرَّحْمَةِوَقُلرَّبِّٱرْحَمْهُمَاكَمَارَبَّيَانِىصَغِيرًا٢٤
wa-ikh'fiḍ lahumā janāḥa l-dhuli mina l-raḥmati waqul rabbi ir'ḥamhumā kamā rabbayānī ṣaghīran

And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small."(24)

Word by word

  1. وَٱخْفِضْwa-ikh'fiḍAnd lower
  2. لَهُمَاlahumāto them
  3. جَنَاحَjanāḥa(the) wing
  4. ٱلذُّلِّl-dhuli(of) humility
  5. مِنَmina(out) of
  6. ٱلرَّحْمَةِl-raḥmati[the] mercy
  7. وَقُلwaquland say
  8. رَّبِّrabbiMy Lord
  9. ٱرْحَمْهُمَاir'ḥamhumāHave mercy on both of them
  10. كَمَاkamāas
  11. رَبَّيَانِىrabbayānīthey brought me up
  12. صَغِيرًاṣaghīran(when I was) small

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