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Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage)

Verse 26of 78

وَإِذْ بَوَّأْنَا لِإِبْرَٰهِيمَ مَكَانَ ٱلْبَيْتِ أَن لَّا تُشْرِكْ بِى شَيْـًۭٔا وَطَهِّرْ بَيْتِىَ لِلطَّآئِفِينَ وَٱلْقَآئِمِينَ وَٱلرُّكَّعِ ٱلسُّجُودِ﴿٢٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And [mention, O Muhammad], when We designated for Abraham the site of the House, [saying], "Do not associate anything with Me and purify My House for those who perform Tawaf and those who stand [in prayer] and those who bow and prostrate.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
بَوَّأْنَاbawwanāWe assigned
لِإِبْرَٰهِيمَli-ib'rāhīmato Ibrahim
مَكَانَmakāna(the) site
ٱلْبَيْتِl-bayti(of) the House
أَنanThat
لَّا(do) not
تُشْرِكْtush'rikassociate
بِىwith Me
شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything
وَطَهِّرْwaṭahhirand purify
بَيْتِىَbaytiyaMy House
لِلطَّآئِفِينَlilṭṭāifīnafor those who circumambulate
وَٱلْقَآئِمِينَwal-qāimīnaand those who stand
وَٱلرُّكَّعِwal-rukaʿiand those who bow
ٱلسُّجُودِl-sujūdi(and) those who prostrate

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Building of the Ka`bah and the Proclamation of the HajjThis is a rebuke to those among Quraysh who worshipped others than Allah and joined partners with Him in the place which from the outset had been established on the basis of Tawhid and the worship of Allah Alone, with no partner or associate. Allah tells us that He showed Ibrahim the site of the `Atiq House, i.e., He guided him to it, entrusted it to him and granted him permission to build it.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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