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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

Verse 73of 112

وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ أَئِمَّةًۭ يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ وَإِقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَإِيتَآءَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ لَنَا عَٰبِدِينَ﴿٧٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And We made them leaders guiding by Our command. And We inspired to them the doing of good deeds, establishment of prayer, and giving of zakah; and they were worshippers of Us.

Word-by-word meaning

وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْwajaʿalnāhumAnd We made them
أَئِمَّةًۭa-immatanleaders
يَهْدُونَyahdūnathey guide
بِأَمْرِنَاbi-amrināby Our Command
وَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynāAnd We inspired
إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
فِعْلَfiʿ'la(the) doing
ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِl-khayrāti(of) good deeds
وَإِقَامَwa-iqāmaand establishment
ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalati(of) the prayer
وَإِيتَآءَwaītāaand giving
ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۖl-zakati(of) zakah
وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
لَنَاlanāof Us
عَـٰبِدِينَʿābidīnaworshippers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Migration of Ibrahim to Ash-Sham (Greater Syria), accompanied by LutAllah tells us that He saved Ibrahim from the fire lit by his people, and brought him out from among them, migrating to the land of Ash-Sham, to the sacred regions thereof.وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ إِسْحَـقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ نَافِلَةً(And We bestowed upon him Ishaq, and Ya`qub Nafilatan.) `Ata' and Mujahid said, "Nafilatan means as a gift.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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