Quran 2:132 — Al-Baqara, verse 132
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and commanded his sons to do the same, as did Jacob: ‘My sons, God has chosen [your] religion for you, so make sure you devote yourselves to Him, to your dying moment.’
وَوَصَّىٰ بِهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بَنِيهِ وَيَعْقُوبُ يَا بَنِيَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَىٰ لَكُمُ الدِّينَ فَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ
wawaṣṣā bihā ib'rāhīmu banīhi wayaʿqūbu yābaniyya inna l-laha iṣ'ṭafā lakumu l-dīna falā tamūtunna illā wa-antum mus'limūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And Abraham charged his sons with this and Jacob likewise: 'My sons, God has chosen for you the religion; see that you die not save in surrender.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And this very thing did Abraham bequeath unto his children, and [so did] Jacob: "O my children! Behold, God has granted you the purest faith; so do not allow death to overtake you ere you have surrendered yourselves unto Him."
- Sahih International
- And Abraham instructed his sons [to do the same] and [so did] Jacob, [saying], "O my sons, indeed Allāh has chosen for you this religion, so do not die except while you are Muslims."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَوَصَّىٰwawaṣṣā | And enjoined | وصي |
| 2 | بِهَآbihā | [it] | — |
| 3 | إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُib'rāhīmu | Ibrahim | — |
| 4 | بَنِيهِbanīhi | (upon) his sons | بني |
| 5 | وَيَعْقُوبُwayaʿqūbu | and Yaqub | — |
| 6 | يَـٰبَنِىَّyābaniyya | O my sons | بني |
| 7 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 8 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 9 | ٱصْطَفَىٰiṣ'ṭafā | has chosen | صفو |
| 10 | لَكُمُlakumu | for you | — |
| 11 | ٱلدِّينَl-dīna | the religion | دين |
| 12 | فَلَاfalā | so not | — |
| 13 | تَمُوتُنَّtamūtunna | (should) you die | موت |
| 14 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 15 | وَأَنتُمwa-antum | while you | — |
| 16 | مُّسْلِمُونَmus'limūna | (are) submissive | سلم |