Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Israa, Ayah 23
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And your Lord has decreed He has commanded that you worship none save Him and that you show kindness to parents by being dutiful to them. If they should reach old age with you one of them ahaduhumā is the subject of the verb or both a variant reading for yablughanna has yablughān ‘both should reach’ in which case ahaduhumā would be substituting for the dual indicator alif of yablughān then do not say to them ‘Fie’ read uffan or uffin uffa or uffi a verbal noun meaning tabban ‘perish!’ or qubhan ‘evil!’ nor repulse them but speak to them gracious words fair and gentle words.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Thy Lord hath decreed) your Lord has commanded, (that ye worship none save Him) that you declare the divine Oneness of none save Allah, Exalted is He, (and (that you show) kindness to parents) be dutiful to them. (If one of them) one of the parents (or both of them to attain old age with thee, say not �Fie� unto them) do not address them with foul language (nor repulse them) nor be harsh with them, (but speak unto them a gracious word) kind words.