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Al-Baqarah 133

Ayah 133 of 286 · Medinan

أَمۡ كُنتُمۡ شُهَدَآءَ إِذۡ حَضَرَ يَعۡقُوبَ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ إِذۡ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِيۖ قَالُواْ نَعۡبُدُ إِلَٰهَكَ وَإِلَٰهَ ءَابَآئِكَ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسۡحَٰقَ إِلَٰهٗا وَٰحِدٗا وَنَحۡنُ لَهُۥ مُسۡلِمُونَ ١٣٣

Or were you witnesses when death approached Jacob, when he said to his sons, "What will you worship after me?" They said, "We will worship your God and the God of your fathers, Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac - one God.1 And we are Muslims [in submission] to Him."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) alone.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَمۡOram
  2. كُنتُمۡwere youkuntum
  3. شُهَدَآءَwitnessesshuhadāa
  4. إِذۡwhenidh
  5. حَضَرَcame toḥaḍara
  6. يَعۡقُوبَYaqubyaʿqūba
  7. ٱلۡمَوۡتُ[the] deathl-mawtu
  8. إِذۡwhenidh
  9. قَالَhe saidqāla
  10. لِبَنِيهِto his sonslibanīhi
  11. مَاWhatmā
  12. تَعۡبُدُونَwill you worshiptaʿbudūna
  13. مِنۢfrommin
  14. بَعۡدِيۖafter mebaʿdī
  15. قَالُواْThey saidqālū
  16. نَعۡبُدُWe will worshipnaʿbudu
  17. إِلَٰهَكَyour Godilāhaka
  18. وَإِلَٰهَand (the) Godwa-ilāha
  19. ءَابَآئِكَ(of) your forefathersābāika
  20. إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَIbrahimib'rāhīma
  21. وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَand Ishmaelwa-is'māʿīla
  22. وَإِسۡحَٰقَand Isaac wa-is'ḥāqa
  23. إِلَٰهٗاGodilāhan
  24. وَٰحِدٗاOnewāḥidan
  25. وَنَحۡنُAnd wewanaḥnu
  26. لَهُۥto Himlahu
  27. مُسۡلِمُونَ(are) submissivemus'limūna

Tafsir

Were you present at the time of Jacob’s death, when he asked his sons what they would worship after he had died? They replied to him, saying that they would worship Allah, the Lord of his forefathers – Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac – namely, the One Allah without partners; and they said that they surrendered in devotion to Him alone and were bound to Him.

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