Quran 3:96 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 96
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The first House [of worship] to be established for people was the one at Mecca. It is a blessed place; a source of guidance for all people;
إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكًا وَهُدًى لِلْعَالَمِينَ
inna awwala baytin wuḍiʿa lilnnāsi lalladhī bibakkata mubārakan wahudan lil'ʿālamīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The first House established for the people was that at Bekka, a place holy, and a guidance to all beings.
- Muhammad Asad
- Behold, the first Temple ever set up for mankind was indeed the one at Bakkah: rich in blessing, and a [source of] guidance unto all the worlds,
- Sahih International
- Indeed, the first House [of worship] established for mankind was that at Bakkah [i.e., Makkah] - blessed and a guidance for the worlds.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | أَوَّلَawwala | (the) First | أول |
| 3 | بَيْتٍۢbaytin | House | بيت |
| 4 | وُضِعَwuḍiʿa | set up | وضع |
| 5 | لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsi | for the mankind | نوس |
| 6 | لَلَّذِىlalladhī | (is) the one which | — |
| 7 | بِبَكَّةَbibakkata | (is) at Bakkah | — |
| 8 | مُبَارَكًۭاmubārakan | blessed | برك |
| 9 | وَهُدًۭىwahudan | and a guidance | هدي |
| 10 | لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīna | for the worlds | علم |