The Family of Imran
3. Āl ʿImrān
آل عمران
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إِنَّ
أَوَّلَ
بَيْتٍ
وُضِعَ
لِلنَّاسِ
لَلَّذِي
بِبَكَّةَ
مُبَارَكًا
وَهُدًى
لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
ʾinna ʾawwala baytin wuḍiʿa li-n-nāsi la-lladhī bi-bakkata mubārakan wa-hudan li-l-ʿālamīna
The first House (of worship) appointed for men was that at Bakka: Full of blessing and of guidance for all kinds of beings:
— Abdullah Yusufali
Indeed the first house to be set up for mankind is the one at Bakkah, blessed and a guidance for all nations.
