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Al-Baqarah 125

Ayah 125 of 286 · Medinan

وَإِذۡ جَعَلۡنَا ٱلۡبَيۡتَ مَثَابَةٗ لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَمۡنٗا وَٱتَّخِذُواْ مِن مَّقَامِ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ مُصَلّٗىۖ وَعَهِدۡنَآ إِلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَ أَن طَهِّرَا بَيۡتِيَ لِلطَّآئِفِينَ وَٱلۡعَٰكِفِينَ وَٱلرُّكَّعِ ٱلسُّجُودِ ١٢٥

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 ṭawāf1 and those who are staying [there] for worship and those who bow and prostrate [in prayer]."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 A form of worship particular to the Kaʿbah consisting of going around it in circuits.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. جَعَلۡنَاWe madejaʿalnā
  3. ٱلۡبَيۡتَthe Housel-bayta
  4. مَثَابَةٗa place of returnmathābatan
  5. لِّلنَّاسِfor mankindlilnnāsi
  6. وَأَمۡنٗاand (a place of) securitywa-amnan
  7. وَٱتَّخِذُواْand (said), "Takewa-ittakhidhū
  8. مِن[from]min
  9. مَّقَامِ(the) standing placemaqāmi
  10. إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ(of) Ibrahimib'rāhīma
  11. مُصَلّٗىۖ(as) a place of prayermuṣallan
  12. وَعَهِدۡنَآAnd We made a covenantwaʿahid'nā
  13. إِلَىٰٓwithilā
  14. إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَIbrahimib'rāhīma
  15. وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَand Ishmaelwa-is'māʿīla
  16. أَن[that]an
  17. طَهِّرَا[You both] purifyṭahhirā
  18. بَيۡتِيَMy Housebaytiya
  19. لِلطَّآئِفِينَfor those who circumambulatelilṭṭāifīna
  20. وَٱلۡعَٰكِفِينَand those who seclude themselves for devotion and prayerwal-ʿākifīna
  21. وَٱلرُّكَّعِand those who bow downwal-rukaʿi
  22. ٱلسُّجُودِand those who prostratel-sujūdi

Tafsir

The Qur’ān relates that Allah made the Kaaba a place for people to return to, as a means of connecting their hearts to Him. When they travel from it, they return to it. It has also been made a safe place for them where they will not be attacked. Allah tells people to make the stone which Abraham stood on while he was building the Kaaba into a place of prayer. Allah instructed Abraham and his son Ishmael to purify the sanctuary from filth and idols for those who wish to worship in it, go around the Kaaba, stay there for worship, praying and so on.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran