The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:125
وَإِذْ
جَعَلْنَا
الْبَيْتَ
مَثَابَةً
لِّلنَّاسِ
وَأَمْنًا
وَاتَّخِذُوا
مِن
مَّقَامِ
إِبْرَاهِيمَ
مُصَلًّى
وَعَهِدْنَا
إِلَى
إِبْرَاهِيمَ
وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ
أَن
طَهِّرَا
بَيْتِيَ
لِلطَّائِفِينَ
وَالْعَاكِفِينَ
وَالرُّكَّعِ
السُّجُودِ
wa-ʾidh jaʿalnā l-bayta mathābatan li-n-nāsi wa-ʾamnan wa-ttakhidhū min maqāmi ʾibrāhīma muṣallan wa-ʿahidnā ʾilā ʾibrāhīma wa-ʾismāʿīla ʾan ṭahhirā baytiya li-ṭ-ṭāʾifīna wa-l-ʿākifīna wa-r-rukkaʿi s-sujūdi
We made the house (in Mecca) as a place of refuge and sanctuary for men. Adopt the place where Abraham stood as a place for prayer. We advised Abraham and Ishmael to keep My house clean for the pilgrims, the worshippers and for those who bow down and prostrate themselves in worship.
