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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 125

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واذ جعلنا البيت مثابة للناس وامنا واتخذوا من مقام ابراهيم مصلى وعهدنا الى ابراهيم واسماعيل ان طهرا بيتي للطائفين والعاكفين والركع السجود

Remember We made the House A place of assembly for men And a place of safety; And take ye the Station Of Abraham as a place Of prayer; and We covenanted With Abraham and Ismā’īl, That they should sanctify My House for those who Compass it round, or use it As a retreat, or bow, or Prostrate themselves (therein In prayer).

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  • Verse 125 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Page 19

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْAnd whenwa-idh
  2. جَعَلْنَاWe madejaʿalnā
  3. ٱلْبَيْتَthe Housel-bayta
  4. مَثَابَةًۭa place of returnmathābatan
  5. لِّلنَّاسِfor mankindlilnnāsi
  6. وَأَمْنًۭاand (a place of) securitywa-amnan
  7. وَٱتَّخِذُوا۟and (said), "Takewa-ittakhidhū
  8. مِن[from]min
  9. مَّقَامِ(the) standing placemaqāmi
  10. إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ(of) Ibrahimib'rāhīma
  11. مُصَلًّۭى ۖ(as) a place of prayermuṣallan
  12. وَعَهِدْنَآAnd We made a covenantwaʿahid'nā
  13. إِلَىٰٓwithilā
  14. إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَIbrahimib'rāhīma
  15. وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَand Ishmaelwa-is'māʿīla
  16. أَن[that]an
  17. طَهِّرَا[You both] purifyṭahhirā
  18. بَيْتِىَMy Housebaytiya
  19. لِلطَّآئِفِينَfor those who circumambulatelilṭṭāifīna
  20. وَٱلْعَـٰكِفِينَand those who seclude themselves for devotion and prayerwal-ʿākifīna
  21. وَٱلرُّكَّعِand those who bow downwal-rukaʿi
  22. ٱلسُّجُودِand those who prostratel-sujūdi

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