سُوۡرَةُ الاٴحقاف وَوَصَّيۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ بِوَٲلِدَيۡهِ إِحۡسَـٰنًا ۖ حَمَلَتۡهُ أُمُّهُ ۥ كُرۡهً۬ا وَوَضَعَتۡهُ كُرۡهً۬ا ۖ وَحَمۡلُهُ ۥ وَفِصَـٰلُهُ ۥ ثَلَـٰثُونَ شَہۡرًا ۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ ۥ وَبَلَغَ أَرۡبَعِينَ سَنَةً۬ قَالَ رَبِّ أَوۡزِعۡنِىٓ أَنۡ أَشۡكُرَ نِعۡمَتَكَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَٲلِدَىَّ وَأَنۡ أَعۡمَلَ صَـٰلِحً۬ا تَرۡضَٮٰهُ وَأَصۡلِحۡ لِى فِى ذُرِّيَّتِىٓ ۖ إِنِّى تُبۡتُ إِلَيۡكَ وَإِنِّى مِنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ
Al-Ahqaf And We have enjoined on man to be dutiful and kind to his parents. His mother bears him with hardship And she brings him forth with hardship, and the bearing of him, and the weaning of him is thirty months, till when he attains full strength and reaches forty years, he says: "My Lord! Grant me the power and ability that I may be grateful for Your Favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and that I may do righteous good deeds, such as please You, and make my off- spring good. Truly, I have turned to You in repentance, and truly, I am one of the Muslims (submitting to Your Will)." (15)
This Ayah talks about many important things. For example, it talks about how we as children must always thank our parents because they have raised us and took care of us since we were born. We must not talk back to them and always obey what they want us to do.
Having good connections with your family helps to make you have a more noble character This shows the cycle of life, because when a person is a baby, they are taken care of by their parents, and when they grow older, they need to take care of their parents Parents give their children everything that they need and provide for them without asking anything in return These are good qualities for noble character
A family is a small community The parents are the leaders and role models They help us become more productive and valued members of our community We need to put our effort forward and we learn this by watching our parents be leaders in their own small communities
" كلكم راع وكلكم مسءول عن رعيتة “ Umar (R) said: “Everyone is a leader, and everyone is responsible” We need to take charge and be responsible Our parents play a big role in helping us develop these characteristics
From this Ayah, you can learn many useful tips. For example, you must never be rude to your parents. Also, they gave you the resources that you needed to live and they even gave you gifts and everything that you needed. We should take a lesson from this ayah and treat our parents respectfully because they took care of us for all our childhood lives.