﴿ وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم بَنِينَ وَحَفَدَةًۭ وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ ۚ أَفَبِٱلْبَٰطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَتِ ٱللَّهِ هُمْ يَكْفُرُونَ ﴾

“And God has given you mates of your own kinds and has given you, through your mates, children and children's children, and has provided for you sustenance out of the good things of life. Will men, then, [continue to] believe in things false and vain, and thus blaspheme against God's blessings? -”

�And made for you out of your mates, children (banūn) and grandchildren (ḥafada)�He said:The following saying is transmitted from Ibn Masʿūd : �Ḥafada are the in-laws.� According to Ibn ʿAbbās y, children (banūn) refers to the children of the children, and grandchildren (ḥafada) refers to those among them who help their father in his work.According to Ḍaḥḥāk, ḥafada are the servants devoted to God in willing compliance (ījāban), without their asking of anyone except Him.His words: