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وَٱخۡفِضۡ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرۡحَمۡهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرٗا
and lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy, and say, “My Lord, have mercy upon them as they raised me when I was small.”
شرح ومعانٍ · ٢
- It is a metaphor; i.e., shows the parents the utmost humbleness like a bird lowering its wing as it hugs its young or so.
- For they are at their weakest phase of life, similar to what he was in his early childhood.