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Khabib Nurmagomedov Pays Tribute to Late Father Abdulmanap on Instagram

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov honored his father in an Instagram post Wednesday with a message from the Quran:

"Quran 17:23-24.

And your Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, and to parents, good treatment. Whether one or both of them reach old age [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], "uff," and do not repel them but speak to them a noble word.

And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small.