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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 127of 286

وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرَٰهِۦمُ ٱلْقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْتِ وَإِسْمَٰعِيلُ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّآ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ﴿١٢٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And [mention] when Abraham was raising the foundations of the House and [with him] Ishmael, [saying], "Our Lord, accept [this] from us. Indeed You are the Hearing, the Knowing.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
يَرْفَعُyarfaʿu(was) raising
إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُib'rāhīmuIbrahim
ٱلْقَوَاعِدَl-qawāʿidathe foundations
مِنَminaof
ٱلْبَيْتِl-baytithe House
وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلُwa-is'māʿīluand Ishmael
رَبَّنَاrabbanā(saying), "Our Lord
تَقَبَّلْtaqabbalAccept
مِنَّآ ۖminnāfrom us
إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed You
أَنتَanta[You] (are)
ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿuthe All-Hearing
ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knowing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to purify the HouseAl-Hasan Al-Basri said that,وَعَهِدْنَآ إِلَى إِبْرَهِيمَ وَإِسْمَـعِيلَ(And We gave Our 'Ahd (command) to Ibrahim and Isma`il) means, "Allah ordered them to purify it from all filth and impurities, of which none should ever touch it." Also, Ibn Jurayj said, "I said to `Ata', `What is Allah's `Ahd' He said, `His command.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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