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Al-Baqarah 132

Ayah 132 of 286 · Medinan

وَوَصَّىٰ بِهَآ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُ بَنِيهِ وَيَعۡقُوبُ يَٰبَنِيَّ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصۡطَفَىٰ لَكُمُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنتُم مُّسۡلِمُونَ ١٣٢

And Abraham instructed his sons [to do the same] and [so did] Jacob, [saying], "O my sons, indeed Allāh has chosen for you this religion, so do not die except while you are Muslims."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَوَصَّىٰAnd enjoinedwawaṣṣā
  2. بِهَآ[it]bihā
  3. إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُIbrahimib'rāhīmu
  4. بَنِيهِ(upon) his sonsbanīhi
  5. وَيَعۡقُوبُand Yaqubwayaʿqūbu
  6. يَٰبَنِيَّO my sonsyābaniyya
  7. إِنَّIndeedinna
  8. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  9. ٱصۡطَفَىٰhas choseniṣ'ṭafā
  10. لَكُمُfor youlakumu
  11. ٱلدِّينَthe religionl-dīna
  12. فَلَاso notfalā
  13. تَمُوتُنَّ(should) you dietamūtunna
  14. إِلَّاexceptillā
  15. وَأَنتُمwhile youwa-antum
  16. مُّسۡلِمُونَ(are) submissivemus'limūna

Tafsir

Abraham advised his sons to also say, ‘I have surrendered to the Lord of people’; and Jacob told his sons to do the same. They told their sons that Allah had chosen for them the religion of surrendering in devotion, Islam, and to hold on to it tightly until they died, surrendering sincerely to Allah on the inside and the outside.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran