Quran 2:124 — Al-Baqara, verse 124
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When Abraham’s Lord tested him with certain commandments, which he fulfilled, He said, ‘I will make you a leader of people.’ Abraham asked, ‘And will You make leaders from my descendants too?’ God answered, ‘My pledge does not hold for those who do evil.’
وَإِذِ ابْتَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ رَبُّهُ بِكَلِمَاتٍ فَأَتَمَّهُنَّ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّي جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامًا ۖ قَالَ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِي ۖ قَالَ لَا يَنَالُ عَهْدِي الظَّالِمِينَ
wa-idhi ib'talā ib'rāhīma rabbuhu bikalimātin fa-atammahunna qāla innī jāʿiluka lilnnāsi imāman qāla wamin dhurriyyatī qāla lā yanālu ʿahdī l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when his Lord tested Abraham with certain words, and he fulfilled them. He said, 'Behold, I make you a leader for the people.' Said he, 'And of my seed?' He said 'My covenant shall not reach the evildoers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [remember this:] when his Sustainer tried Abraham by [His] commandments and the latter fulfilled them, He said: "Behold, I shall make thee a leader of men. "Abraham asked: "And [wilt Thou make leaders] of my offspring as well? "[God] answered: "My covenant does not embrace the evildoers."
- Sahih International
- And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Abraham was tried by his Lord with words [i.e., commands] and he fulfilled them. [Allāh] said, "Indeed, I will make you a leader for the people." [Abraham] said, "And of my descendants?" [Allāh] said, "My covenant does not include the wrongdoers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَإِذِwa-idhi | And when | — |
| 2 | ٱبْتَلَىٰٓib'talā | tried | بلو |
| 3 | إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīma | Ibrahim | — |
| 4 | رَبُّهُۥrabbuhu | his Lord | ربب |
| 5 | بِكَلِمَـٰتٍۢbikalimātin | with words | كلم |
| 6 | فَأَتَمَّهُنَّ ۖfa-atammahunna | and he fulfilled them | تمم |
| 7 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 8 | إِنِّىinnī | Indeed I | — |
| 9 | جَاعِلُكَjāʿiluka | (am) the One to make you | جعل |
| 10 | لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsi | for the mankind | نوس |
| 11 | إِمَامًۭا ۖimāman | a leader | أمم |
| 12 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 13 | وَمِنwamin | And from | — |
| 14 | ذُرِّيَّتِى ۖdhurriyyatī | my offspring | ذرر |
| 15 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 16 | لَاlā | (Does) not | — |
| 17 | يَنَالُyanālu | reach | نيل |
| 18 | عَهْدِىʿahdī | My Covenant | عهد |
| 19 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | (to) the wrongdoers | ظلم |