Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 125
وَإِذْ جَعَلْنَا ٱلْبَيْتَ مَثَابَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَمْنًا وَٱتَّخِذُوا۟ مِن مَّقَامِ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ مُصَلًّى ۖ وَعَهِدْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ أَن طَهِّرَا بَيْتِىَ لِلطَّآئِفِينَ وَٱلْعَـٰكِفِينَ وَٱلرُّكَّعِ ٱلسُّجُودِ
And [mention] when We made the House [i.e., the Kaʿbah] a place of return for the people and [a place of] security. And take, [O believers], from the standing place of Abraham a place of prayer. And We charged Abraham and Ishmael, [saying], "Purify My House for those who perform ṭawāf and those who are staying [there] for worship and those who bow and prostrate [in prayer]."
Al-Baqarah · 2:125
Word by word
- وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
- جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe made
- ٱلْبَيْتَl-baytathe House
- مَثَابَةًۭmathābatana place of return
- لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
- وَأَمْنًۭاwa-amnanand (a place of) security
- وَٱتَّخِذُوا۟wa-ittakhidhūand (said), "Take
- مِنmin[from]
- مَّقَامِmaqāmi(the) standing place
- إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīma(of) Ibrahim
- مُصَلًّۭى ۖmuṣallan(as) a place of prayer
- وَعَهِدْنَآwaʿahid'nāAnd We made a covenant
- إِلَىٰٓilāwith
- إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
- وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَwa-is'māʿīlaand Ishmael
- أَنan[that]
- طَهِّرَاṭahhirā[You both] purify
- بَيْتِىَbaytiyaMy House
- لِلطَّآئِفِينَlilṭṭāifīnafor those who circumambulate
- وَٱلْعَـٰكِفِينَwal-ʿākifīnaand those who seclude themselves for devotion and prayer
- وَٱلرُّكَّعِwal-rukaʿiand those who bow down
- ٱلسُّجُودِl-sujūdiand those who prostrate
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