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Filial piety: A divine command

10 October 2025

Allah s.w.t. commands us to lower the wing of humility out of mercy. Hence, mercy is fundamental in our act of humility toward our parents.

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Allah, the Most Merciful, shows us the way to be soleh or righteous offspring who are dutiful to our parents. The following three takeaways from Surah al-Isra’, verse 24:  

  1. Treating our parents with humility 

  2. Looking at our parents with compassion and mercy

  3. Offering supplications for our parents

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