وَوَصَّيْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ إِحْسَٰنًا ۖ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُۥ كُرْهًۭا وَوَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهًۭا ۖ وَحَمْلُهُۥ وَفِصَٰلُهُۥ ثَلَٰثُونَ شَهْرًا ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَبَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةًۭ قَالَ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِىٓ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَىَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَٰلِحًۭا تَرْضَىٰهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِى فِى ذُرِّيَّتِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنِّى مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ
How to read it
Wa waṣṣay'nā l-'insāna biwāliday'hi 'iḥ'sānan . ḥamalat'hu 'ummuhu kur'han wawaḍaʻat'hu kur'han . waḥam'luhu wafiṣāluhu thalāthūna shah'ran . ḥattā 'idhā balagha 'ashuddahu wabalagha 'ar'baʻīna sanatan qāla rabbi 'aw'ziʻ'nī 'an' 'ash'kura niʻ'mataka -llatī 'an'ʻam'ta ʻalayya waʻalā wālidayya wa'an' 'aʻ'mala ṣāliḥan tar'ḍāhu wa'aṣ'liḥ' lī fī dhurriyyatī . 'innī tub'tu 'ilay'ka wa'innī mina l-mus'limīna
We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents: In pain did his mother bear him, and in pain did she give him birth. The carrying of the (child) to his weaning is (a period of) thirty months. At length, when he reaches the age of full strength and attains forty years, he says, "O my Lord! Grant me that I may be grateful for Thy favour which Thou has bestowed upon me, and upon both my parents, and that I may work righteousness such as Thou mayest approve; and be gracious to me in my issue. Truly have I turned to Thee and truly do I bow (to Thee) in Islam."
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
