Parents hold one of the most honored positions in Islam. Their sacrifices, love, and efforts in raising their children are recognized and highly valued in the Qur’an.
Allah ﷻ has repeatedly emphasized kindness, gratitude, and obedience toward parents—placing it right after the command to worship Him alone. Reflecting on Quranic verses about parents not only strengthens family bonds but also nurtures a deeper sense of gratitude and humility in our daily lives.
In this article, we will explore 30 Quranic verses about parents, their meanings, and how they guide us to treat our parents with compassion and respect.
Table of Contents
1. Kindness to Parents
Arabic:
وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا
Transliteration:
Wa qaḍā rabbuka allā taʿbudū illā iyyāhu wa bil-wālidayni iḥsānā
Translation:
“And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment.” (Surah Al-Isra 17:23)
2. Gratitude to Parents
Arabic:
أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيْكَ إِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ
Transliteration:
Ani ushkur lī wa li-wālidayka ilayya al-maṣīr
Translation:
“Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the final destination.” (Surah Luqman 31:14)
3. Humility With Parents
Arabic:
وَاخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ
Transliteration:
Wakhfiḍ lahumā janāḥa adh-dhulli mina ar-raḥmah
Translation:
“And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy.” (Surah Al-Isra 17:24)
4. Dua for Parents
Arabic:
وَقُلْ رَبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا
Transliteration:
Wa qul rabbi irḥamhumā kamā rabbayānī ṣaghīrā
Translation:
“And say: My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up when I was small.” (Surah Al-Isra 17:24)
5. Patience With Parents
Arabic:
وَإِن جَاهَدَاكَ عَلَىٰ أَن تُشْرِكَ بِي … فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا
Transliteration:
Wa in jāhadāka ʿalā an tushrika bī … falā tuṭiʿhumā
Translation:
“But if they strive against you to associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them.” (Surah Luqman 31:15)
6. Kindness Even If They Strive Against You
Arabic:
وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفًا
Transliteration:
Wa ṣāḥib-humā fī ad-dunyā maʿrūfā
Translation:
“But accompany them in [this] world with appropriate kindness.” (Surah Luqman 31:15)
7. Allah’s Command With His Worship
Arabic:
وَاعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا بِهِ شَيْئًا ۖ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا
Transliteration:
Waʿbudū Allāha wa lā tushrikū bihi shayʾā wa bil-wālidayni iḥsānā
Translation:
“Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and to parents, do good.” (Surah An-Nisa 4:36)
8. Bearing Hardship of Motherhood
Arabic:
وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَهْنًا عَلَىٰ وَهْنٍ
Transliteration:
Wa waṣṣaynā al-insāna bi-wālidayhi ḥamalat-hu ummuhu wahnān ʿalā wahn
Translation:
“And We have enjoined upon man [care] for his parents. His mother carried him, [increasing her] in weakness upon weakness.” (Surah Luqman 31:14)
9. Dua of the Righteous for Parents
Arabic:
رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Transliteration:
Rabbanā ighfir lī wa li-wālidayya wa lil-muʾminīn
Translation:
“Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers.” (Surah Ibrahim 14:41)
10. Mother’s Hardship in Pregnancy and Nursing
Arabic:
حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ كُرْهًا وَوَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهًا وَحَمْلُهُ وَفِصَالُهُ ثَلَاثُونَ شَهْرًا
Transliteration:
Ḥamalat-hu ummuhu kurhā wa waḍaʿat-hu kurhā wa ḥamluhu wa fiṣāluhu thalāthūna shahrā
Translation:
“His mother carried him with hardship and gave birth to him with hardship, and his gestation and weaning [period] is thirty months.” (Surah Al-Ahqaf 46:15)
11. Command to Do Good to Parents
Arabic:
وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ إِحْسَانًا
Transliteration:
Wa waṣṣaynā al-insāna bi-wālidayhi iḥsānā
Translation:
“And We have enjoined upon man [care] for his parents.” (Surah Al-Ankabut 29:8)
12. Obedience to Parents in Righteousness
Arabic:
وَإِن جَاهَدَاكَ لِتُشْرِكَ بِي … فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا
Transliteration:
Wa in jāhadāka li-tushrika bī … falā tuṭiʿhumā
Translation:
“But if they endeavor to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them.” (Surah Al-Ankabut 29:8)
13. Gratitude to Parents Along With Allah
Arabic: وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ … أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيْكَ
Transliteration: Wa waṣṣaynā al-insāna bi-wālidayhi … ani ushkur lī wa li-wālidayk
Translation: “And We have enjoined upon man [care] for his parents … Be grateful to Me and to your parents.” (Surah Luqman 31:14)
14. Parents as a Test
Arabic:
إِنَّمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَأَوْلَادُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌ
Transliteration:
Innama amwālukum wa awlādukum fitnah
Translation:
“Your wealth and your children are but a trial.” (Surah At-Taghabun 64:15)
15. Accompany Parents With Kindness
Arabic:
وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفًا
Transliteration:
Wa ṣāḥib-humā fī ad -dunyā maʿrūfā
Translation:
“And accompany them in the world with kindness.” (Surah Luqman 31:15)
16. Parents Deserve Supplication
Arabic:
رَبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا
Transliteration:
Rabbi irḥamhumā kamā rabbayānī ṣaghīrā
Translation:
“My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up when I was small.” (Surah Al-Isra 17:24)
17. Parents and Worship Connection
Arabic:
وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا الْفَوَاحِشَ … وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا
Transliteration:
Wa lā taqrabū al-fawāḥisha … wa bil-wālidayni iḥsānā
Translation:
“And do not approach immoralities … and be good to parents.” (Surah Al-An‘am 6:151)
18. Reminder of Mother’s Sacrifice
Arabic:
وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ … أُمُّهُ وَهْنًا عَلَىٰ وَهْنٍ
Transliteration:
Wa waṣṣaynā al-insāna bi-wālidayhi … ummuhu wahnān ʿalā wahn
Translation:
“We have enjoined upon man [care] for his parents. His mother carried him, weakness upon weakness.” (Surah Luqman 31:14)
19. Parents and the Hereafter
Arabic:
وَإِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ
Transliteration:
Wa ilayya al-maṣīr
Translation:
“And to Me is the final return.” (Surah Luqman 31:14)
20. No Despair Even if Parents Disagree
Arabic: فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا إِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ
Transliteration:
Falā tuṭiʿhumā ilayya marjiʿukum
Translation:
“But do not obey them; to Me is your return.” (Surah Luqman 31:15)
21. The Greatest Right After Allah
Arabic:
أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيْكَ
Transliteration:
Ani ushkur lī wa li-wālidayk
Translation:
“Be grateful to Me and to your parents.” (Surah Luqman 31:14)
22. Parents as a Source of Mercy
Arabic:
رَبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا
Transliteration:
Rabbi irḥamhumā kamā rabbayānī ṣaghīrā
Translation:
“My Lord, have mercy upon them, as they brought me up when I was small.” (Surah Al-Isra 17:24)
23. Mother’s Pain in Pregnancy
Arabic:
حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ كُرْهًا وَوَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهًا
Transliteration:
Ḥamalat-hu ummuhu kurhā wa waḍaʿat-hu kurhā
Translation:
“His mother carried him with hardship and gave birth to him with hardship.” (Surah Al-Ahqaf 46:15)
24. Parents and Righteous Children
Arabic:
وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَكُن جَبَّارًا عَصِيًّا
Transliteration:
Wa barran bi-wālidayhi wa lam yakun jabbāran ʿaṣiyyā
Translation:
“[He was] dutiful to his parents, and he was not a disobedient tyrant.” (Surah Maryam 19:14, about Prophet Yahya عليه السلام)
25. Prophet Isa and His Mother
Arabic:
وَبَرًّا بِوَالِدَتِي وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِي جَبَّارًا شَقِيًّا
Transliteration:
Wa barran bi-wālidatī wa lam yajʿalnī jabbāran shaqiyyā
Translation:
“And [He] made me dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me a wretched tyrant.” (Surah Maryam 19:32)
26. Parents as a Source of Test in Faith
Arabic:
وَإِن جَاهَدَاكَ عَلَىٰ أَن تُشْرِكَ بِي … فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا
Transliteration:
Wa in jāhadāka ʿalā an tushrika bī … falā tuṭiʿhumā
Translation:
“But if they strive against you to make you associate with Me that of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them.” (Surah Al-Ankabut 29:8)
Read Also: 30 Quranic Verses on the Beauty of Nature
27. Parents’ Rights in Commands of Allah
Arabic:
قُلْ تَعَالَوْا أَتْلُ مَا حَرَّمَ رَبُّكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ … وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا
Transliteration:
Qul taʿālaw atlu mā ḥarrama rabbukum ʿalaykum … wa bil-wālidayni iḥsānā
Translation:
“Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited to you … and be good to parents.” (Surah Al-An‘am 6:151)
28. Parents Deserve Good Even if They Differ in Faith
Arabic:
وَإِن جَاهَدَاكَ لِتُشْرِكَ بِي … فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا وَصَاحِبْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعْرُوفًا
Transliteration:
Wa in jāhadāka li-tushrika bī … falā tuṭiʿhumā wa ṣāḥib-humā fī ad-dunyā maʿrūfā
Translation:
“But if they strive to make you associate with Me … do not obey them but accompany them with kindness in this world.” (Surah Luqman 31:15)
29. Parents and Final Return to Allah
Arabic:
ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأُنَبِّئُكُم
Transliteration:
Thumma ilayya marjiʿukum fa-unabbiʾukum
Translation:
“Then to Me will be your return, and I will inform you.” (Surah Luqman 31:15)
30. Gratitude, Parents, and Divine Pleasure
Arabic:
وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ … أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيْكَ إِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ
Transliteration:
Wa waṣṣaynā al-insāna bi-wālidayhi … ani ushkur lī wa li-wālidayk ilayya al-maṣīr
Translation:
“And We have enjoined upon man [care] for his parents … Be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the final return.” (Surah Luqman 31:14)
Read Also: Top Motivational Quranic Verses
The Power and Significance of Quranic Verses About Parents
The Quranic verses about parents carry profound weight in Islam, reminding us that honoring and respecting them is one of the greatest acts of worship after belief in Allah. Parents are the means through which we enter this world, and the Qur’an repeatedly highlights their struggles, sacrifices, and rights upon us.
It Is a Divine Command
Allah places obedience and kindness to parents immediately after worshiping Him. This pairing shows the high status parents hold in Islam. As Allah says, “Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and do good to parents.” (Surah An-Nisa 4:36).
It Is a Form of Gratitude
Gratitude in Islam extends beyond words of thanks—it is a way of life. Showing kindness, compassion, and respect to our parents is a direct reflection of thankfulness to Allah. As the Qur’an teaches: “Be grateful to Me and to your parents.” (Surah Luqman 31:14).
It Strengthens Family Bonds
When we reflect on the Qur’an’s verses about parents, we realize that our relationship with them is not only personal—it is spiritual. Honoring parents brings harmony in families and nurtures love and mercy across generations.
It Ensures Divine Blessings
The Prophet ﷺ said, “The pleasure of Allah lies in the pleasure of the parents, and the displeasure of Allah lies in the displeasure of the parents.” (Tirmidhi). The Qur’an’s verses remind us that caring for parents is not just a moral duty but a path to Allah’s mercy and blessings in this life and the Hereafter.
It Teaches Patience and Compassion
Parents often age and become dependent on their children. The Qur’an beautifully commands us not even to utter a word of disrespect like “uff” to them, teaching us patience, humility, and compassion in serving them.
In essence, the Quranic verses about parents are a guide to living with respect, mercy, and gratitude—qualities that enrich both our spiritual state and our family life.
Read also 14 Dua For Family (Peace, Protection, Being Together, & Happiness)
Practical Steps to Complement Your Quranic Verses About Parents
Reciting and reflecting on the Quranic verses about parents is deeply rewarding, but true benefit comes when these verses are translated into action. The Qur’an calls us not only to remember the rights of parents but to live by them daily. Here are some practical steps you can take:
1. Show Respect in Words and Actions
Speak gently to your parents and avoid harsh words, even when disagreements arise. Allah commands, “Do not say to them ‘uff,’ and do not repel them, but speak to them a noble word.” (Surah Al-Isra 17:23).
2. Make Dua for Them Regularly
Pray for their health, mercy, and forgiveness. The Qur’an teaches us to say: “My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up when I was small.” (Surah Al-Isra 17:24).
3. Support Them Financially and Emotionally
If your parents are in need, be proactive in helping them—whether through financial support, companionship, or fulfilling their daily needs with kindness and patience.
4. Seek Their Advice and Value Their Wisdom
Involving parents in decisions, even in adulthood, shows respect and appreciation for their experience. It also strengthens your bond and gives them a sense of honor.
5. Serve Them with Patience in Old Age
Caring for parents when they grow old is a test of character. Islam emphasizes serving them with love, even when it requires sacrifice. This is a form of worship that brings immense reward.
6. Maintain Family Ties After Their Passing
If your parents have passed away, honor them by making dua for them, giving charity on their behalf, and maintaining ties with their relatives and friends.
By complementing the Quranic verses about parents with these actions, you bring the Qur’an’s guidance to life, earning Allah’s pleasure while bringing comfort and honor to your parents.
Know more about our Online Course on the Five Pillars of Islam
Learn Quran and Islamic Studies with Riwaq Al Quran
At Riwaq Al Quran, we help Muslims of all ages connect deeply with the Qur’an and apply its teachings in everyday life. Whether it’s learning verses about parents, mastering Tajweed, or studying Islamic values, our qualified teachers provide personalized, compassionate guidance.
What We Offer:
- One-on-One Quran Classes
- Tajweed and Recitation Courses
- Islamic Studies for All Ages
- Flexible Online Scheduling
- Certified Teachers Trusted Worldwide
By learning the Qur’an, you not only strengthen your faith but also enhance your relationship with your parents through true understanding of Allah’s words.
Ready to Begin?
Enroll now and take the next step in your Quranic and Islamic learning journey.
Enroll Them in Quran Classes
Structured learning under qualified teachers helps children recite verses correctly, memorize with tajweed, and understand their meanings. Platforms like Riwaq Al Quran provide guided classes for children to learn in a nurturing environment.
By combining memorization with understanding and practice, your child won’t just learn the Quranic verses about parents—they will grow up living by them.
Let your child embark on their learning journey with qualified teachers, structured lessons, and a lasting love for Islam.
Explore Our Quran Kids Courses Now
Conclusion
The Quranic verses about parents are timeless reminders of love, gratitude, and respect. They guide us to appreciate the sacrifices our parents make and to honor them in ways that bring us closer to Allah. By reflecting on these verses, teaching them to our children, and applying them in daily life, we nurture stronger family bonds and a more compassionate society.
At Riwaq Al Quran, we invite you to begin this journey—learning, understanding, and living the Qur’an—so that the words of Allah not only guide your heart but also strengthen your relationship with your parents.
