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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

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فِيهِ ءَايَٰتٌۢ بَيِّنَٰتٌۭ مَّقَامُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۖ وَمَن دَخَلَهُۥ كَانَ ءَامِنًۭا ۗ وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ حِجُّ ٱلْبَيْتِ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًۭا ۚ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِىٌّ عَنِ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٩٧

Translation (Sahih International)

In it are clear signs [such as] the standing place of Abraham. And whoever enters it shall be safe. And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House - for whoever is able to find thereto a way. But whoever disbelieves - then indeed, Allah is free from need of the worlds.

Word-by-word meaning

فِيهِfīhiIn it
ءَايَـٰتٌۢāyātun(are) signs
بَيِّنَـٰتٌۭbayyinātunclear
مَّقَامُmaqāmustanding place
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۖib'rāhīma(of) Ibrahim
وَمَنwamanand whoever
دَخَلَهُۥdakhalahuenters it
كَانَkānais
ءَامِنًۭا ۗāminansafe
وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd (due) to Allah
عَلَىʿalāupon
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe mankind
حِجُّḥijju(is) pilgrimage
ٱلْبَيْتِl-bayti(of) the House
مَنِmani(for one) who
ٱسْتَطَاعَis'taṭāʿais able
إِلَيْهِilayhito [it]
سَبِيلًۭا ۚsabīlan(find) a way
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
كَفَرَkafaradisbelieved
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
غَنِىٌّghaniyyun(is) free from need
عَنِʿaniof
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe universe

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Ka`bah is the First House of WorshipAllah said,إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ(Verily, the first House appointed for mankind) for all people, for their acts of worship and religious rituals. They go around the House in Tawaf, pray in its vicinity and remain in its area in I`tikaf.لَلَّذِى بِبَكَّةَ(was that at Bakkah,) meaning, the Ka`bah that was built by Ibrahim Al-Khalil, whose religion the Jews and Christians claim they follow.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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