Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:125

2:125

وَإِذْ جَعَلْنَا ٱلْبَيْتَ مَثَابَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَمْنًا وَٱتَّخِذُوا۟ مِن مَّقَامِ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ مُصَلًّى ۖ وَعَهِدْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ أَن طَهِّرَا بَيْتِىَ لِلطَّآئِفِينَ وَٱلْعَـٰكِفِينَ وَٱلرُّكَّعِ ٱلسُّجُودِ

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

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]."

— Saheeh International

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.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) when We made the House (the Ka‘bah at Makkah) a place of resort for mankind and a place of safety. And take you (people) the Maqâm (place) of Ibrâhîm (Abraham) [or the stone on which Ibrâhîm (Abraham) عليه السلام stood while he was building the Ka‘bah] as a place of prayer (for some of your prayers, e.g. two Rak‘at after the Tawâf of the Ka‘bahat Makkah), and We commanded Ibrâhîm (Abraham) and Ismâ‘îl (Ishmael) that they should purify My House (the Ka‘bah at Makkah) for those who are circumambulating it, or staying (I‘tikâf), or bowing or prostrating themselves (there, in prayer).

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

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وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe made
ٱلْبَيْتَl-baytathe House
مَثَابَةًۭmathābatana place of return
لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor mankind
وَأَمْنًۭاwa-amnanand (a place of) security
وَٱتَّخِذُوا۟wa-ittakhidhūand (said), "Take
مِنmin[from]
مَّقَامِmaqāmi(the) standing place
إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīma(of) Ibrahim
مُصَلًّۭىۖmuṣallan(as) a place of prayer
وَعَهِدْنَآwaʿahid'nāAnd We made a covenant
إِلَىٰٓilāwith
إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَwa-is'māʿīlaand Ishmael
أَنan[that]
طَهِّرَاṭahhirā[You both] purify
بَيْتِىَbaytiyaMy House
لِلطَّآئِفِينَlilṭṭāifīnafor those who circumambulate
وَٱلْعَـٰكِفِينَwal-ʿākifīnaand those who seclude themselves for devotion and prayer
وَٱلرُّكَّعِwal-rukaʿiand those who bow down
ٱلسُّجُودِl-sujūdiand those who prostrate