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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 125of 286

وَإِذْ جَعَلْنَا ٱلْبَيْتَ مَثَابَةًۭ لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَمْنًۭا وَٱتَّخِذُوا۟ مِن مَّقَامِ إِبْرَٰهِۦمَ مُصَلًّۭى ۖ وَعَهِدْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِۦمَ وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ أَن طَهِّرَا بَيْتِىَ لِلطَّآئِفِينَ وَٱلْعَٰكِفِينَ وَٱلرُّكَّعِ ٱلسُّجُودِ﴿١٢٥﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

And [mention] when We made the House 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 Tawaf and those who are staying [there] for worship and those who bow and prostrate [in prayer]."

Word-by-word meaning

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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Virtue of Allah's HouseAl-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on Allah's statement,وَإِذْ جَعَلْنَا الْبَيْتَ مَثَابَةً لِّلنَّاسِ(And (remember) when We made the House (the Ka`bah at Makkah) a place of resort for mankind) "They do not remain in the House, they only visit it and return to their homes, and then visit it again.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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