Quran 2:131 — Al-Baqara, verse 131
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
His Lord said to him, ‘Devote yourself to Me.’ Abraham replied, ‘I devote myself to the Lord of the Universe,’
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ أَسْلِمْ ۖ قَالَ أَسْلَمْتُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
idh qāla lahu rabbuhu aslim qāla aslamtu lirabbi l-ʿālamīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When his Lord said to him, 'Surrender,' he said, 'I have surrendered me to the Lord of all Being.'
- Muhammad Asad
- When his Sustainer said to him, "Surrender thyself unto Me!" - he answered, "I have surrendered myself unto [Thee,] the Sustainer of all the worlds."
- Sahih International
- When his Lord said to him, "Submit," he said, "I have submitted [in Islām] to the Lord of the worlds."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِذْidh | When | — |
| 2 | قَالَqāla | said | قول |
| 3 | لَهُۥlahu | to him | — |
| 4 | رَبُّهُۥٓrabbuhu | his Lord | ربب |
| 5 | أَسْلِمْ ۖaslim | Submit (yourself) | سلم |
| 6 | قَالَqāla | he said | قول |
| 7 | أَسْلَمْتُaslamtu | I (have) submitted (myself) | سلم |
| 8 | لِرَبِّlirabbi | to (the) Lord | ربب |
| 9 | ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna | (of) the worlds | علم |