Reflecting the narrative concept of "Aqq waledain" in Persian language; Evidence, reasons, consequences

Document Type : علمیه تحقیقیه

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Department of Qur'an and Hadith Sciences Faculty of Islamic Sciences and Researches Imam Khomeini International University Qazvin – Iran

10.22034/uh.2025.52000.3608

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"Aaq waledain" is a frequent combination that is condemned in Islamic traditions. The difference between Persian and Arabic grammar and the high status of parents in Islamic culture has led to the spread of the direct use of this combination in Farsi, as a spiritual addition to Lam and meaning "curse of parents" among some scholars and the general public. In this article, for the first time, with a descriptive-analytical method, the evidence, contexts, and effects of the wrong understanding of this narrative combination and its exact meaning are presented. According to the findings of this research, "Aaq waledain" in the hadiths of the innocents is not used in the meaning of "parents' curse", but in the sense of an ungrateful, annoying, disobedient and severing child. Aaq (Aqeq) is a subject noun that is added to its own object, i.e. parents, and like the spiritual preposition, it does not have a lamic letter in it, which conveys the meaning of ownership. In the discourse arising from the perception of concepts such as "cursing" or "depriving of inheritance" from "Aaq waledain", they have a legitimate power derived from traditions that they use whenever they want, and children also to stay

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 24 June 2025
  • Receive Date: 10 May 2025
  • Revise Date: 22 June 2025
  • Accept Date: 09 June 2025