Quran 2:125 — Al-Baqara, verse 125
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We made the House a resort and a sanctuary for people, saying, ‘Take the spot where Abraham stood as your place of prayer.’ We commanded Abraham and Ishmael: ‘Purify My House for those who walk round it, those who stay there, and those who bow and prostrate themselves in worship.’
وَإِذْ جَعَلْنَا الْبَيْتَ مَثَابَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَأَمْنًا وَاتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى ۖ وَعَهِدْنَا إِلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ أَنْ طَهِّرَا بَيْتِيَ لِلطَّائِفِينَ وَالْعَاكِفِينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ
wa-idh jaʿalnā l-bayta mathābatan lilnnāsi wa-amnan wa-ittakhidhū min maqāmi ib'rāhīma muṣallan waʿahid'nā ilā ib'rāhīma wa-is'māʿīla an ṭahhirā baytiya lilṭṭāifīna wal-ʿākifīna wal-rukaʿi l-sujūdi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when We appointed the House to be a place of visitation for the people, and a sanctuary, and: 'Take to yourselves Abraham's station for a place of prayer.' And We made covenant with Abraham and Ishmael: 'Purify My House for those that shall go about it and those that cleave to it, to those who bow and prostrate themselves.'
- Muhammad Asad
- AND LO! We made the Temple a goal to which people might repair again and again, and a sanctuary: take then, the place whereon Abraham once stood as your place of prayer." And thus did We command Abraham and Ishmael: "Purify My Temple for those who will walk around it, and those who will abide near it in meditation, and those who will bow down and prostrate themselves [in prayer]."
- Sahih International
- And [mention] when We made the House [i.e., the Kaʿbah] a place of return for the people and [a place of] security. And take, [O believers], from the standing place of Abraham a place of prayer. And We charged Abraham and Ishmael, [saying], "Purify My House for those who perform ṭawāf and those who are staying [there] for worship and those who bow and prostrate [in prayer]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnā | We made | جعل |
| 3 | ٱلْبَيْتَl-bayta | the House | بيت |
| 4 | مَثَابَةًۭmathābatan | a place of return | ثوب |
| 5 | لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsi | for mankind | نوس |
| 6 | وَأَمْنًۭاwa-amnan | and (a place of) security | أمن |
| 7 | وَٱتَّخِذُوا۟wa-ittakhidhū | and (said), "Take | أخذ |
| 8 | مِنmin | [from] | — |
| 9 | مَّقَامِmaqāmi | (the) standing place | قوم |
| 10 | إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīma | (of) Ibrahim | — |
| 11 | مُصَلًّۭى ۖmuṣallan | (as) a place of prayer | صلو |
| 12 | وَعَهِدْنَآwaʿahid'nā | And We made a covenant | عهد |
| 13 | إِلَىٰٓilā | with | — |
| 14 | إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīma | Ibrahim | — |
| 15 | وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَwa-is'māʿīla | and Ishmael | — |
| 16 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 17 | طَهِّرَاṭahhirā | [You both] purify | طهر |
| 18 | بَيْتِىَbaytiya | My House | بيت |
| 19 | لِلطَّآئِفِينَlilṭṭāifīna | for those who circumambulate | طوف |
| 20 | وَٱلْعَـٰكِفِينَwal-ʿākifīna | and those who seclude themselves for devotion and prayer | عكف |
| 21 | وَٱلرُّكَّعِwal-rukaʿi | and those who bow down | ركع |
| 22 | ٱلسُّجُودِl-sujūdi | and those who prostrate | سجد |