Ought Instincts To Play A Part

How do we ask for forgiveness from someone who is no longer in our midst...

Thy Lord hath decreed

That ye worship none but Him,

And that ye be kind

To parents. Whether one

Or both of them attain

Old age in thy life,

Say not to them a word

Of contempt, nor repel them

But address them, 

In terms of  honour.

Al-Isra (the Children of Israel), verse 23

And we have enjoined on man

To be good to his parents:

In travail upon travail

Did his mother bear him.

And in years twain

Was his weaning: (hear the command),

Show gratitude

To Me and to thy parents:

To Me is thy final Goal.

Luqman (the Wise), verse 14

We have enjoined on man

Kindness to his parents:

In pain did his mother 

Bear him, and in pain

did she give him birth.

The carrying of the child

To his weaning is

A period of thirty months.

At length, when he reaches

The age of full strength

and attains forty years,

He says, "Oh my Lord!

Grant me that I may be

Grateful for Thy favour

Which Thou hast bestowed

Upon me, and upon both

My parents, and that I 

May work righteousness

such as Thou mayest approve;

And be gracious to me

In my issue. Truly

Have I turned to Thee

and truly do I submit

to Thee in Islam.

Al-Ahqaf (Winding Sand-tracts), verse 15