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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 128of 286

رَبَّنَا وَٱجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَآ أُمَّةًۭ مُّسْلِمَةًۭ لَّكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَآ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴿١٢٨

Translation (Sahih International)

Our Lord, and make us Muslims [in submission] to You and from our descendants a Muslim nation [in submission] to You. And show us our rites and accept our repentance. Indeed, You are the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.

Word-by-word meaning

رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
وَٱجْعَلْنَاwa-ij'ʿalnā[and] Make us
مُسْلِمَيْنِmus'limayniboth submissive
لَكَlakato You
وَمِنwaminAnd from
ذُرِّيَّتِنَآdhurriyyatināour offspring
أُمَّةًۭummatana community
مُّسْلِمَةًۭmus'limatansubmissive
لَّكَlakato You
وَأَرِنَاwa-arināAnd show us
مَنَاسِكَنَاmanāsikanāour ways of worship
وَتُبْwatuband turn
عَلَيْنَآ ۖʿalaynāto us
إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed You
أَنتَanta[You] (are)
ٱلتَّوَّابُl-tawābuthe Oft-returning
ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful

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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