Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:124

2:124

۞ وَإِذِ ٱبْتَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ رَبُّهُۥ بِكَلِمَـٰتٍ فَأَتَمَّهُنَّ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّى جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامًا ۖ قَالَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِى ۖ قَالَ لَا يَنَالُ عَهْدِى ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

wa-idhi ib'talā ib'rāhīma rabbuhu bikalimātin fa-atammahunna qāla innī jāʿiluka lilnnāsi imāman qāla wamin dhurriyyatī qāla lā yanālu ʿahdī l-ẓālimīna

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."

— Saheeh International

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.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) when the Lord of Ibrâhîm (Abraham) [i.e., Allâh] tried him with (certain) Commands, which he fulfilled. He (Allâh) said (to him), "Verily, I am going to make you an Imâm (a leader) for mankind (to follow you)." [Ibrâhîm (Abraham)] said, "And of my offspring (to make leaders)." (Allâh) said, "My Covenant (Prophethood) includes not Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers)."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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۞ وَإِذِwa-idhiAnd when
ٱبْتَلَىٰٓib'talātried
إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
رَبُّهُۥrabbuhuhis Lord
بِكَلِمَـٰتٍۢbikalimātinwith words
فَأَتَمَّهُنَّۖfa-atammahunnaand he fulfilled them
قَالَqālaHe said
إِنِّىinnīIndeed I
جَاعِلُكَjāʿiluka(am) the One to make you
لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the mankind
إِمَامًۭاۖimāmana leader
قَالَqālaHe said
وَمِنwaminAnd from
ذُرِّيَّتِىۖdhurriyyatīmy offspring
قَالَqālaHe said
لَاlā(Does) not
يَنَالُyanālureach
عَهْدِىʿahdīMy Covenant
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna(to) the wrongdoers