Quran Verses about Prophet Abraham

۞ وَإِذِ ٱبۡتَلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ رَبُّهُۥ بِكَلِمَٰتٖ فَأَتَمَّهُنَّۖ قَالَ إِنِّي جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامٗاۖ قَالَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِيۖ قَالَ لَا يَنَالُ عَهۡدِي ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٢٤

Wa idhibtalā ibrāhīma rabbuhū bikalimātin fa atammahunn, qāla innī jāʿiluka lin-nāsi imāmā, qāla wa min dhurriyyatī, qāla lā yanālu ʿahdiẓ-ẓālimīn.

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."

۞ وَإِذۡ قَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ ءَازَرَ أَتَتَّخِذُ أَصۡنَامًا ءَالِهَةً إِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰكَ وَقَوۡمَكَ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٧٤

Wa idh qāla ibrāhīmu liʾabīhi āzara atattakhidhu aṣnāman ālihatan innī arāka wa qawmaka fī ḍalālim mubīn.

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Abraham said to his father Āzar, "Do you take idols as deities? Indeed, I see you and your people to be in manifest error."

وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُرِيٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ مَلَكُوتَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلِيَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُوقِنِينَ ٧٥

Wa kadhālika nurī ibrāhīma malakūtas-samāwāti wal-arḍi waliyakūna minal-mūqinīn.

And thus did We show Abraham the realm of the heavens and the earth that he would be among the certain [in faith].

فَلَمَّا جَنَّ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلَّيۡلُ رَءَا كَوۡكَبٗاۖ قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّيۖ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَآ أُحِبُّ ٱلۡأٓفِلِينَ ٧٦

Falammā janna ʿalayhil-laylu raʾā kawkabā, qāla hādhā rabbī, falammā afala qāla lā uḥibbul-āfilīn.

So when the night covered him [with darkness], he saw a star. He said, "This is my lord."¹ But when it set, he said, "I like not those that set [i.e., disappear]."

فَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلۡقَمَرَ بَازِغٗا قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّيۖ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَئِن لَّمۡ يَهۡدِنِي رَبِّي لَأَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٧٧

Falammā raʾal-qamara bāzighan qāla hādhā rabbī, falammā afala qāla laʾil lam yahdinī rabbī laʾakūnanna minal-qawmiḍ-ḍāllīn.

And when he saw the moon rising, he said, "This is my lord." But when it set, he said, "Unless my Lord guides me, I will surely be among the people gone astray."

فَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلشَّمۡسَ بَازِغَةٗ قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّي هَٰذَآ أَكۡبَرُۖ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَتۡ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ إِنِّي بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تُشۡرِكُونَ ٧٨

Falammā raʾash-shamsa bāzighatan qāla hādhā rabbī hādhā akbar, falammā afalat qāla yāqawmi innī barīʾum mimmā tushrikūn.

And when he saw the sun rising, he said, "This is my lord; this is greater." But when it set, he said, "O my people, indeed I am free from what you associate with Allāh.

إِنِّي وَجَّهۡتُ وَجۡهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ حَنِيفٗاۖ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ٧٩

Innī wajjahtu wajhiya lil-ladhī faṭaras-samāwāti wal-arḍa ḥanīfā, wa mā ana minal-mushrikīn.

Indeed, I have turned my face [i.e., self] toward He who created the heavens and the earth, inclining toward truth, and I am not of those who associate others with Allāh."

وَحَآجَّهُۥ قَوۡمُهُۥۚ قَالَ أَتُحَٰٓجُّوٓنِّي فِي ٱللَّهِ وَقَدۡ هَدَىٰنِۚ وَلَآ أَخَافُ مَا تُشۡرِكُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ رَبِّي شَيۡـٔٗاۚ وَسِعَ رَبِّي كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ عِلۡمًاۚ أَفَلَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ ٨٠

Wa ḥājjahū qawmuh, qāla atuḥājjūnnī fillāhi wa qad hadān, wa lā akhāfu mā tushrikūna bihī illā ay yashāʾa rabbī shayʾā, wasiʿa rabbī kulla shayʾin ʿilmā, afalā tatadhakkarūn.

And his people argued with him. He said, "Do you argue with me concerning Allāh while He has guided me? And I fear not what you associate with Him [and will not be harmed] unless my Lord should will something. My Lord encompasses all things in knowledge; then will you not remember?

وَكَيۡفَ أَخَافُ مَآ أَشۡرَكۡتُمۡ وَلَا تَخَافُونَ أَنَّكُمۡ أَشۡرَكۡتُم بِٱللَّهِ مَا لَمۡ يُنَزِّلۡ بِهِۦ عَلَيۡكُمۡ سُلۡطَٰنٗاۚ فَأَيُّ ٱلۡفَرِيقَيۡنِ أَحَقُّ بِٱلۡأَمۡنِۖ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٨١

Wa kayfa akhāfu mā ashraktum wa lā takhāfūna annakum ashraktum billāhi mā lam yunazzil bihī ʿalaykum sulṭānā, fa ayyul-farīqayni aḥaqqu bil-amn, in kuntum taʿlamūn.

And how should I fear what you associate while you do not fear that you have associated with Allāh that for which He has not sent down to you any authority? So which of the two parties has more right to security, if you should know?"

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَلَمۡ يَلۡبِسُوٓاْ إِيمَٰنَهُم بِظُلۡمٍ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ ٱلۡأَمۡنُ وَهُم مُّهۡتَدُونَ ٨٢

Al-ladhīna āmanū wa lam yalbisū īmānahum biẓulmin ulāʾika lahumul-amnu wa hum muhtadūn.

They who believe and do not mix their belief with injustice¹ - those will have security, and they are [rightly] guided.

وَتِلۡكَ حُجَّتُنَآ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ عَلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦۚ نَرۡفَعُ دَرَجَٰتٖ مَّن نَّشَآءُۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٞ ٨٣

Wa tilka ḥujjatunā ātaynāhā ibrāhīma ʿalā qawmih, narfaʿu darajātim man nashāʾ, inna rabbaka ḥakīmun ʿalīm.

And that was Our [conclusive] argument which We gave Abraham against his people. We raise by degrees whom We will. Indeed, your Lord is Wise and Knowing.

وَمَا كَانَ ٱسۡتِغۡفَارُ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ إِلَّا عَن مَّوۡعِدَةٖ وَعَدَهَآ إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُۥٓ أَنَّهُۥ عَدُوّٞ لِّلَّهِ تَبَرَّأَ مِنۡهُۚ إِنَّ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ لَأَوَّٰهٌ حَلِيمٞ ١١٤

Wa mā kānastighfāru ibrāhīma liʾabīhi illā ʿam mawʿidatiw waʿadahā iyyāhu falammā tabayyana lahū annahū ʿaduwwul lillāhi tabarraʾa minh, inna ibrāhīma laʾawwāhun ḥalīm.

And the request of forgiveness of Abraham for his father was only because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became apparent to him [i.e., Abraham] that he [i.e., the father] was an enemy to Allāh, he disassociated himself from him. Indeed was Abraham compassionate and patient.

وَٱذۡكُرۡ فِي ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقٗا نَّبِيًّا ٤١

Wadhkur fil-kitābi ibrāhīm, innahū kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyā.

And mention in the Book [the story of] Abraham. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ يَٰٓأَبَتِ لِمَ تَعۡبُدُ مَا لَا يَسۡمَعُ وَلَا يُبۡصِرُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي عَنكَ شَيۡـٔٗا ٤٢

Idh qāla liʾabīhi yāʾabati lima taʿbudu mā lā yasmaʿu wa lā yubṣiru wa lā yughnī ʿanka shayʾā.

[Mention] when he said to his father, "O my father, why do you worship that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all?

يَٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّي قَدۡ جَآءَنِي مِنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِ مَا لَمۡ يَأۡتِكَ فَٱتَّبِعۡنِيٓ أَهۡدِكَ صِرَٰطٗا سَوِيّٗا ٤٣

Yāʾabati innī qad jāʾanī minal-ʿilmi mā lam yaʾtika fattabiʿnī ahdika ṣirāṭan sawiyyā.

O my father, indeed there has come to me of knowledge that which has not come to you, so follow me; I will guide you to an even path.

يَٰٓأَبَتِ لَا تَعۡبُدِ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَۖ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنَ كَانَ لِلرَّحۡمَٰنِ عَصِيّٗا ٤٤

Yāʾabati lā taʿbudish-shayṭān, innash-shayṭāna kāna lir-raḥmāni ʿaṣiyyā.

O my father, do not worship [i.e., obey] Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient.

يَٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ أَن يَمَسَّكَ عَذَابٞ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ فَتَكُونَ لِلشَّيۡطَٰنِ وَلِيّٗا ٤٥

Yāʾabati innī akhāfu ay yamassaka ʿadhābum minar-raḥmāni fatakūna lish-shayṭāni waliyyā.

O my father, indeed I fear that there will touch you a punishment from the Most Merciful so you would be to Satan a companion [in Hellfire]."

قَالَ أَرَاغِبٌ أَنتَ عَنۡ ءَالِهَتِي يَٰٓإِبۡرَٰهِيمُۖ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ لَأَرۡجُمَنَّكَۖ وَٱهۡجُرۡنِي مَلِيّٗا ٤٦

Qāla arāghibun anta ʿan ālihatī yāʾibrāhīm, laʾil lam tantahi laʾarjumannak, wahjurnī maliyyā.

[His father] said, "Have you no desire for my gods, O Abraham? If you do not desist, I will surely stone you, so avoid me a prolonged time."

قَالَ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيۡكَۖ سَأَسۡتَغۡفِرُ لَكَ رَبِّيٓۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِي حَفِيّٗا ٤٧

Qāla salāmun ʿalayk, saʾastaghfiru laka rabbī, innahū kāna bī ḥafiyyā.

[Abraham] said, "Peace [i.e., safety] will be upon you.¹ I will ask forgiveness for you of my Lord. Indeed, He is ever gracious to me.

۞ وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ رُشۡدَهُۥ مِن قَبۡلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِۦ عَٰلِمِينَ ٥١

Wa laqad ātaynā ibrāhīma rushdahū min qablu wa kunnā bihī ʿālimīn.

And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before,¹ and We were of him well-Knowing

إِذۡ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوۡمِهِۦ مَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِيٓ أَنتُمۡ لَهَا عَٰكِفُونَ ٥٢

Idh qāla liʾabīhi wa qawmihī mā hādhihit-tamāthīlul-latī antum lahā ʿākifūn.

When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"

قَالُواْ وَجَدۡنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَٰبِدِينَ ٥٣

Qālū wajadnā ābāʾanā lahā ʿābidīn.

They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."

قَالَ لَقَدۡ كُنتُمۡ أَنتُمۡ وَءَابَآؤُكُمۡ فِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٖ ٥٤

Qāla laqad kuntum antum wa ābāʾukum fī ḍalālim mubīn.

He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."

قَالُوٓاْ أَجِئۡتَنَا بِٱلۡحَقِّ أَمۡ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّٰعِبِينَ ٥٥

Qālū ajiʾtanā bil-ḥaqqi am anta minal-lāʿibīn.

They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"

قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمۡ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلَّذِي فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ ٥٦

Qāla bal rabbukum rabbus-samāwāti wal-arḍil-ladhī faṭarahunna wa ana ʿalā dhālikum minash-shāhidīn.

He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify.

وَتَٱللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصۡنَٰمَكُم بَعۡدَ أَن تُوَلُّواْ مُدۡبِرِينَ ٥٧

Watallāhi laʾakīdanna aṣnāmakum baʿda an tuwallū mudbirīn.

And [I swear] by Allāh, I will surely plan against your idols after you have turned and gone away."

فَجَعَلَهُمۡ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرٗا لَّهُمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ إِلَيۡهِ يَرۡجِعُونَ ٥٨

Fajaʿalahum judhādhan illā kabīral lahum laʿallahum ilayhi yarjiʿūn.

So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].

قَالُواْ مَن فَعَلَ هَٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٥٩

Qālū man faʿala hādhā biʾālihatinā innahū laminaẓ-ẓālimīn.

They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers."

قَالُواْ سَمِعۡنَا فَتٗى يَذۡكُرُهُمۡ يُقَالُ لَهُۥٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمُ ٦٠

Qālū samiʿnā fatay yadhkuruhum yuqālu lahū ibrāhīm.

They said, "We heard a young man mention them who is called Abraham."

قَالُواْ فَأۡتُواْ بِهِۦ عَلَىٰٓ أَعۡيُنِ ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَشۡهَدُونَ ٦١

Qālū faʾtū bihī ʿalā aʿyunin-nāsi laʿallahum yashhadūn.

They said, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they may testify."¹

قَالُوٓاْ ءَأَنتَ فَعَلۡتَ هَٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَا يَٰٓإِبۡرَٰهِيمُ ٦٢

Qālū aʾanta faʿalta hādhā biʾālihatinā yāʾibrāhīm.

They said, "Have you done this to our gods, O Abraham?"

قَالَ بَلۡ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمۡ هَٰذَا فَسۡـَٔلُوهُمۡ إِن كَانُواْ يَنطِقُونَ ٦٣

Qāla bal faʿalahū kabīruhum hādhā fasʾalūhum in kānū yanṭiqūn.

He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."

فَرَجَعُوٓاْ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ فَقَالُوٓاْ إِنَّكُمۡ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٦٤

Farajaʿū ilā anfusihim faqālū innakum antumuẓ-ẓālimūn.

So they returned to [blaming] themselves and said [to each other], "Indeed, you are the wrongdoers."

ثُمَّ نُكِسُواْ عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمۡ لَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتَ مَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ يَنطِقُونَ ٦٥

Thumma nukisū ʿalā ruʾūsihim laqad ʿalimta mā hāʾulāʾi yanṭiqūn.

Then they reversed themselves,¹ [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!"

قَالَ أَفَتَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَنفَعُكُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا يَضُرُّكُمۡ ٦٦

Qāla afataʿbudūna min dūnillāhi mā lā yanfaʿukum shayʾaw wa lā yaḍurrukum.

He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allāh that which does not benefit you at all or harm you?

أُفّٖ لَّكُمۡ وَلِمَا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ٦٧

Uffil lakum walimā taʿbudūna min dūnillāh, afalā taʿqilūn.

Uff¹ to you and to what you worship instead of Allāh. Then will you not use reason?"

قَالُواْ حَرِّقُوهُ وَٱنصُرُوٓاْ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ فَٰعِلِينَ ٦٨

Qālū ḥarriqūhu wanṣurū ālihatakum in kuntum fāʿilīn.

They said, "Burn him and support your gods - if you are to act."

قُلۡنَا يَٰنَارُ كُونِي بَرۡدٗا وَسَلَٰمًا عَلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٦٩

Qulnā yānāru kūnī bardaw wa salāman ʿalā ibrāhīm.

We [i.e., Allāh] said, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham."

وَأَرَادُواْ بِهِۦ كَيۡدٗا فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡأَخۡسَرِينَ ٧٠

Wa arādū bihī kaydan fajaʿalnāhumul-akhsarīn.

And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the greatest losers.

أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِي حَآجَّ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ فِي رَبِّهِۦٓ أَنۡ ءَاتَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡمُلۡكَ إِذۡ قَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّيَ ٱلَّذِي يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُ قَالَ أَنَا۠ أُحۡيِۦ وَأُمِيتُۖ قَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأۡتِي بِٱلشَّمۡسِ مِنَ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقِ فَأۡتِ بِهَا مِنَ ٱلۡمَغۡرِبِ فَبُهِتَ ٱلَّذِي كَفَرَۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢٥٨

Alam tara ilal-ladhī ḥājja ibrāhīma fī rabbihī an ātāhullāhul-mulka idh qāla ibrāhīmu rabbiyal-ladhī yuḥyī wa yumītu qāla ana uḥyī wa umīt, qāla ibrāhīmu fa innallāha yaʾtī bish-shamsi minal-mashriqi faʾti bihā minal-maghribi fabuhital-ladhī kafar, wallāhu lā yahdil-qawmaẓ-ẓālimīn.

Have you not considered the one who argued with Abraham about his Lord [merely] because Allāh had given him kingship? When Abraham said, "My Lord is the one who gives life and causes death," he said, "I give life and cause death." Abraham said, "Indeed, Allāh brings up the sun from the east, so bring it up from the west." So the disbeliever was overwhelmed [by astonishment], and Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.

وَإِذۡ قَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيۡفَ تُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰۖ قَالَ أَوَلَمۡ تُؤۡمِنۖ قَالَ بَلَىٰ وَلَٰكِن لِّيَطۡمَئِنَّ قَلۡبِيۖ قَالَ فَخُذۡ أَرۡبَعَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلطَّيۡرِ فَصُرۡهُنَّ إِلَيۡكَ ثُمَّ ٱجۡعَلۡ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ جَبَلٖ مِّنۡهُنَّ جُزۡءٗا ثُمَّ ٱدۡعُهُنَّ يَأۡتِينَكَ سَعۡيٗاۚ وَٱعۡلَمۡ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٞ ٢٦٠

Wa idh qāla ibrāhīmu rabbi arinī kayfa tuḥyil-mawtā, qāla awalam tuʾmin, qāla balā wa lākil liyaṭmaʾinna qalbī, qāla fakhudh arbaʿatam minaṭ-ṭayri faṣurhunna ilayka thummajʿal ʿalā kulli jabalim minhunna juzʾan thummadʿuhunna yaʾtīnaka saʿyā, waʿlam annallāha ʿazīzun ḥakīm.

And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead." [Allāh] said, "Have you not believed?" He said, "Yes, but [I ask] only that my heart may be satisfied." [Allāh] said, "Take four birds and commit them to yourself.¹ Then [after slaughtering them] put on each hill a portion of them; then call them - they will come [flying] to you in haste. And know that Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise."

وَقَالَ إِنِّي ذَاهِبٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّي سَيَهۡدِينِ ٩٩

Wa qāla innī dhāhibun ilā rabbī sayahdīn.

And [then] he said, "Indeed, I will go to [where I am ordered by] my Lord; He will guide me.

رَبِّ هَبۡ لِي مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ١٠٠

Rabbi hab lī minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

My Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous."

فَبَشَّرۡنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٖ ١٠١

Fabashsharnāhu bighulāmin ḥalīm.

So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy.

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مَعَهُ ٱلسَّعۡيَ قَالَ يَٰبُنَيَّ إِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰ فِي ٱلۡمَنَامِ أَنِّيٓ أَذۡبَحُكَ فَٱنظُرۡ مَاذَا تَرَىٰۚ قَالَ يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱفۡعَلۡ مَا تُؤۡمَرُۖ سَتَجِدُنِيٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ ١٠٢

Falammā balagha maʿahus-saʿya qāla yābunayya innī arā fil-manāmi annī adhbaḥuka fanẓur mādhā tarā, qāla yāʾabatifʿal mā tuʾmar, satajidunī in shāʾallāhu minaṣ-ṣābirīn.

And when he reached with him [the age of] exertion,¹ he said, "O my son, indeed I have seen in a dream that I [must] sacrifice you, so see what you think." He said, "O my father, do as you are commanded. You will find me, if Allāh wills, of the steadfast."

فَلَمَّآ أَسۡلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلۡجَبِينِ ١٠٣

Falammā aslamā wa tallahū lil-jabīn.

And when they had both submitted¹ and he put him down upon his forehead,

وَنَٰدَيۡنَٰهُ أَن يَٰٓإِبۡرَٰهِيمُ ١٠٤

Wa nādaynāhu ay yāʾibrāhīm.

We called to him, "O Abraham,

قَدۡ صَدَّقۡتَ ٱلرُّءۡيَآۚ إِنَّا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١٠٥

Qad ṣaddaqtar-ruʾyā, innā kadhālika najzil-muḥsinīn.

You have fulfilled the vision." Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَهُوَ ٱلۡبَلَٰٓؤُاْ ٱلۡمُبِينُ ١٠٦

Inna hādhā lahuwal-balāʾul-mubīn.

Indeed, this was the clear trial.

وَفَدَيۡنَٰهُ بِذِبۡحٍ عَظِيمٖ ١٠٧

Wa fadaynāhu bidhibḥin ʿaẓīm.

And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice,¹

وَتَرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرِينَ ١٠٨

Wa taraknā ʿalayhi fil-ākhirīn.

And We left for him [favorable mention] among later generations:

سَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ١٠٩

Salāmun ʿalā ibrāhīm.

"Peace upon Abraham."

كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِينَ ١١٠

Kadhālika najzil-muḥsinīn.

Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good.

إِنَّهُۥ مِنۡ عِبَادِنَا ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ١١١

Innahū min ʿibādinal-muʾminīn.

Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.

وَبَشَّرۡنَٰهُ بِإِسۡحَٰقَ نَبِيّٗا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ١١٢

Wa bashsharnāhu biʾisḥāqa nabiyyam minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

And We gave him good tidings of Isaac, a prophet from among the righteous.¹

وَبَٰرَكۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسۡحَٰقَۚ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحۡسِنٞ وَظَالِمٞ لِّنَفۡسِهِۦ مُبِينٞ ١١٣

Wa bāraknā ʿalayhi wa ʿalā isḥāq, wa min dhurriyyatihimā muḥsinuw wa ẓālimul linafsihī mubīn.

And We blessed him and Isaac. But among their descendants is the doer of good and the clearly unjust to himself [i.e., sinner].

وَإِذۡ جَعَلۡنَا ٱلۡبَيۡتَ مَثَابَةٗ لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَمۡنٗا وَٱتَّخِذُواْ مِن مَّقَامِ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ مُصَلّٗىۖ وَعَهِدۡنَآ إِلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَ أَن طَهِّرَا بَيۡتِيَ لِلطَّآئِفِينَ وَٱلۡعَٰكِفِينَ وَٱلرُّكَّعِ ٱلسُّجُودِ ١٢٥

Wa idh jaʿalnal-bayta mathābatal lin-nāsi wa amnaw wattakhidhū mim maqāmi ibrāhīma muṣallā, wa ʿahidnā ilā ibrāhīma wa ismāʿīla an ṭahhirā baytiya liṭ-ṭāʾifīna wal-ʿākifīna war-rukkaʿis-sujūd.

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 ṭawāf¹ and those who are staying [there] for worship and those who bow and prostrate [in prayer]."

وَإِذۡ قَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّ ٱجۡعَلۡ هَٰذَا بَلَدًا ءَامِنٗا وَٱرۡزُقۡ أَهۡلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ مَنۡ ءَامَنَ مِنۡهُم بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِۚ قَالَ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَأُمَتِّعُهُۥ قَلِيلٗا ثُمَّ أَضۡطَرُّهُۥٓ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلنَّارِۖ وَبِئۡسَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ١٢٦

Wa idh qāla ibrāhīmu rabbijʿal hādhā baladan āminaw warzuq ahlahū minath-thamarāti man āmana minhum billāhi wal-yawmil-ākhir, qāla wa man kafara fa umattiʿuhū qalīlan thumma aḍṭarruhū ilā ʿadhābin-nār, wa biʾsal-maṣīr.

And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, make this a secure city and provide its people with fruits - whoever of them believes in Allāh and the Last Day." [Allāh] said, "And whoever disbelieves - I will grant him enjoyment for a little; then I will force him to the punishment of the Fire, and wretched is the destination."

وَإِذۡ يَرۡفَعُ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُ ٱلۡقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ ٱلۡبَيۡتِ وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلُ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلۡ مِنَّآۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ١٢٧

Wa idh yarfaʿu ibrāhīmul-qawāʿida minal-bayti wa ismāʿīlu rabbanā taqabbal minnā, innaka antas-samīʿul-ʿalīm.

And [mention] when Abraham was raising the foundations of the House and [with him] Ishmael, [saying], "Our Lord, accept [this] from us. Indeed, You are the Hearing,¹ the Knowing.²

رَبَّنَا وَٱجۡعَلۡنَا مُسۡلِمَيۡنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَآ أُمَّةٗ مُّسۡلِمَةٗ لَّكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبۡ عَلَيۡنَآۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٢٨

Rabbanā wajʿalnā muslimayni laka wa min dhurriyyatinā ummatam muslimatal laka wa arinā manāsikanā wa tub ʿalaynā, innaka antat-tawwābur-raḥīm.

Our Lord, and make us Muslims [in submission] to You and from our descendants a Muslim nation [in submission] to You. And show us our rites [of worship] and accept our repentance. Indeed, You are the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.

رَبَّنَا وَٱبۡعَثۡ فِيهِمۡ رَسُولٗا مِّنۡهُمۡ يَتۡلُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتِكَ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡحِكۡمَةَ وَيُزَكِّيهِمۡۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ١٢٩

Rabbanā wabʿath fīhim rasūlam minhum yatlū ʿalayhim āyātika wa yuʿallimuhumul-kitāba wal-ḥikmata wa yuzakkīhim, innaka antal-ʿazīzul-ḥakīm.

Our Lord, and send among them a messenger from themselves who will recite to them Your verses and teach them the Book and wisdom and purify them. Indeed, You are the Exalted in Might,¹ the Wise."

وَإِذۡ قَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمُ رَبِّ ٱجۡعَلۡ هَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدَ ءَامِنٗا وَٱجۡنُبۡنِي وَبَنِيَّ أَن نَّعۡبُدَ ٱلۡأَصۡنَامَ ٣٥

Wa idh qāla ibrāhīmu rabbijʿal hādhal-balada āminaw wajnubnī wa baniyya an naʿbudal-aṣnām.

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Abraham said, "My Lord, make this city [i.e., Makkah] secure and keep me and my sons away from worshipping idols.

رَبِّ إِنَّهُنَّ أَضۡلَلۡنَ كَثِيرٗا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِۖ فَمَن تَبِعَنِي فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنِّيۖ وَمَنۡ عَصَانِي فَإِنَّكَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٣٦

Rabbi innahunna aḍlalna kathīram minan-nās, faman tabiʿanī fa innahū minnī, wa man ʿaṣānī fa innaka ghafūrur raḥīm.

My Lord, indeed they have led astray many among the people. So whoever follows me - then he is of me;¹ and whoever disobeys me - indeed, You are [yet] Forgiving and Merciful.

رَّبَّنَآ إِنِّيٓ أَسۡكَنتُ مِن ذُرِّيَّتِي بِوَادٍ غَيۡرِ ذِي زَرۡعٍ عِندَ بَيۡتِكَ ٱلۡمُحَرَّمِ رَبَّنَا لِيُقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ فَٱجۡعَلۡ أَفۡـِٔدَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ تَهۡوِيٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡ وَٱرۡزُقۡهُم مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَشۡكُرُونَ ٣٧

Rabbanā innī askantu min dhurriyyatī biwādin ghayri dhī zarʿin ʿinda baytikal-muḥarrami rabbanā liyuqīmuṣ-ṣalāta fajʿal afʾidatam minan-nāsi tahwī ilayhim warzuqhum minath-thamarāti laʿallahum yashkurūn.

Our Lord, I have settled some of my descendants in an uncultivated valley near Your sacred House, our Lord, that they may establish prayer. So make hearts among the people incline toward them and provide for them from the fruits that they might be grateful.

رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ تَعۡلَمُ مَا نُخۡفِي وَمَا نُعۡلِنُۗ وَمَا يَخۡفَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مِن شَيۡءٖ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ ٣٨

Rabbanā innaka taʿlamu mā nukhfī wa mā nuʿlin, wa mā yakhfā ʿalallāhi min shayʾin fil-arḍi wa lā fis-samāʾ.

Our Lord, indeed You know what we conceal and what we declare, and nothing is hidden from Allāh on the earth or in the heaven.

ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِي وَهَبَ لِي عَلَى ٱلۡكِبَرِ إِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسۡحَٰقَۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي لَسَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ ٣٩

Al-ḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī wahaba lī ʿalal-kibari ismāʿīla wa isḥāq, inna rabbī lasamīʿud-duʿāʾ.

Praise to Allāh, who has granted to me in old age Ishmael and Isaac. Indeed, my Lord is the Hearer of supplication.

رَبِّ ٱجۡعَلۡنِي مُقِيمَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِيۚ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلۡ دُعَآءِ ٤٠

Rabbijʿalnī muqīmaṣ-ṣalāti wa min dhurriyyatī, rabbanā wa taqabbal duʿāʾ.

My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and [many] from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication.

رَبَّنَا ٱغۡفِرۡ لِي وَلِوَٰلِدَيَّ وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ يَوۡمَ يَقُومُ ٱلۡحِسَابُ ٤١

Rabbanaghfir lī waliwālidayya walil-muʾminīna yawma yaqūmul-ḥisāb.

Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers the Day the account is established."

وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَتۡ رُسُلُنَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلۡبُشۡرَىٰ قَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗاۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٞۖ فَمَا لَبِثَ أَن جَآءَ بِعِجۡلٍ حَنِيذٖ ٦٩

Wa laqad jāʾat rusulunā ibrāhīma bil-bushrā qālū salāmā, qāla salām, famā labitha an jāʾa biʿijlin ḥanīdh.

And certainly did Our messengers [i.e., angels] come to Abraham with good tidings; they said, "Peace." He said, "Peace," and did not delay in bringing [them] a roasted calf.

فَلَمَّا رَءَآ أَيۡدِيَهُمۡ لَا تَصِلُ إِلَيۡهِ نَكِرَهُمۡ وَأَوۡجَسَ مِنۡهُمۡ خِيفَةٗۚ قَالُواْ لَا تَخَفۡ إِنَّآ أُرۡسِلۡنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِ لُوطٖ ٧٠

Falammā raʾā aydiyahum lā taṣilu ilayhi nakirahum wa awjasa minhum khīfah, qālū lā takhaf innā ursilnā ilā qawmi lūṭ.

But when he saw their hands not reaching for it, he distrusted them and felt from them apprehension.¹ They said, "Fear not. We have been sent to the people of Lot."

وَٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ قَآئِمَةٞ فَضَحِكَتۡ فَبَشَّرۡنَٰهَا بِإِسۡحَٰقَ وَمِن وَرَآءِ إِسۡحَٰقَ يَعۡقُوبَ ٧١

Wamraʾatuhū qāʾimatun faḍaḥikat fabashsharnāhā biʾisḥāqa wa miw warāʾi isḥāqa yaʿqūb.

And his wife was standing, and she smiled.¹ Then We gave her good tidings of Isaac and after Isaac, Jacob.

قَالَتۡ يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰٓ ءَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا۠ عَجُوزٞ وَهَٰذَا بَعۡلِي شَيۡخًاۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَيۡءٌ عَجِيبٞ ٧٢

Qālat yāwaylatā aʾalidu wa ana ʿajūzuw wa hādhā baʿlī shaykhā, inna hādhā lashayʾun ʿajīb.

She said, "Woe to me!¹ Shall I give birth while I am an old woman and this, my husband, is an old man? Indeed, this is an amazing thing!"

قَالُوٓاْ أَتَعۡجَبِينَ مِنۡ أَمۡرِ ٱللَّهِۖ رَحۡمَتُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكَٰتُهُۥ عَلَيۡكُمۡ أَهۡلَ ٱلۡبَيۡتِۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَمِيدٞ مَّجِيدٞ ٧٣

Qālū ataʿjabīna min amrillāh, raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuhū ʿalaykum ahlal-bayt, innahū ḥamīdum majīd.

They said, "Are you amazed at the decree of Allāh? May the mercy of Allāh and His blessings be upon you, people of the house. Indeed, He is Praiseworthy and Honorable."

فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنۡ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ ٱلرَّوۡعُ وَجَآءَتۡهُ ٱلۡبُشۡرَىٰ يُجَٰدِلُنَا فِي قَوۡمِ لُوطٍ ٧٤

Falammā dhahaba ʿan ibrāhīmar-rawʿu wa jāʾathul-bushrā yujādilunā fī qawmi lūṭ.

And when the fright had left Abraham and the good tidings had reached him, he began to argue [i.e., plead] with Us¹ concerning the people of Lot.

إِنَّ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّٰهٞ مُّنِيبٞ ٧٥

Inna ibrāhīma laḥalīmun awwāhum munīb.

Indeed, Abraham was forbearing, grieving¹ and [frequently] returning [to Allāh].

يَٰٓإِبۡرَٰهِيمُ أَعۡرِضۡ عَنۡ هَٰذَآۖ إِنَّهُۥ قَدۡ جَآءَ أَمۡرُ رَبِّكَۖ وَإِنَّهُمۡ ءَاتِيهِمۡ عَذَابٌ غَيۡرُ مَرۡدُودٖ ٧٦

Yāʾibrāhīmu aʿriḍ ʿan hādhā, innahū qad jāʾa amru rabbik, wa innahum ātīhim ʿadhābun ghayru mardūd.

[The angels said], "O Abraham, give up this [plea]. Indeed, the command of your Lord has come, and indeed, there will reach them a punishment that cannot be repelled."

وَمَن يَرۡغَبُ عَن مِّلَّةِ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ إِلَّا مَن سَفِهَ نَفۡسَهُۥۚ وَلَقَدِ ٱصۡطَفَيۡنَٰهُ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ١٣٠

Wa may yarghabu ʿam millati ibrāhīma illā man safiha nafsah, wa laqadiṣṭafaynāhu fid-dunyā, wa innahū fil-ākhirati laminaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

And who would be averse to the religion of Abraham except one who makes a fool of himself. And We had chosen him in this world, and indeed he, in the Hereafter, will be among the righteous.

إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥٓ أَسۡلِمۡۖ قَالَ أَسۡلَمۡتُ لِرَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٣١

Idh qāla lahū rabbuhū aslim, qāla aslamtu lirabbil-ʿālamīn.

When his Lord said to him, "Submit," he said, "I have submitted [in Islām]¹ to the Lord of the worlds."

مَا كَانَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمُ يَهُودِيّٗا وَلَا نَصۡرَانِيّٗا وَلَٰكِن كَانَ حَنِيفٗا مُّسۡلِمٗا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ٦٧

Mā kāna ibrāhīmu yahūdiyyaw wa lā naṣrāniyyaw wa lākin kāna ḥanīfam muslimaw wa mā kāna minal-mushrikīn.

Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was one inclining toward truth, a Muslim [submitting to Allāh]. And he was not of the polytheists.¹

وَمَنۡ أَحۡسَنُ دِينٗا مِّمَّنۡ أَسۡلَمَ وَجۡهَهُۥ لِلَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحۡسِنٞ وَٱتَّبَعَ مِلَّةَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفٗاۗ وَٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ خَلِيلٗا ١٢٥

Wa man aḥsanu dīnam mimman aslama wajhahū lillāhi wa huwa muḥsinuw wattabaʿa millata ibrāhīma ḥanīfā, wattakhadhallāhu ibrāhīma khalīlā.

And who is better in religion than one who submits himself to Allāh while being a doer of good and follows the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth? And Allāh took Abraham as an intimate friend.

إِنَّ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ كَانَ أُمَّةٗ قَانِتٗا لِّلَّهِ حَنِيفٗا وَلَمۡ يَكُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ١٢٠

Inna ibrāhīma kāna ummatan qānital lillāhi ḥanīfaw wa lam yaku minal-mushrikīn.

Indeed, Abraham was a [comprehensive] leader,¹ devoutly obedient to Allāh, inclining toward truth, and he was not of those who associate others with Allāh.

قَدۡ كَانَتۡ لَكُمۡ أُسۡوَةٌ حَسَنَةٞ فِيٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِذۡ قَالُواْ لِقَوۡمِهِمۡ إِنَّا بُرَءَٰٓؤُاْ مِنكُمۡ وَمِمَّا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَفَرۡنَا بِكُمۡ وَبَدَا بَيۡنَنَا وَبَيۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡعَدَٰوَةُ وَٱلۡبَغۡضَآءُ أَبَدًا حَتَّىٰ تُؤۡمِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَحۡدَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَوۡلَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ لِأَبِيهِ لَأَسۡتَغۡفِرَنَّ لَكَ وَمَآ أَمۡلِكُ لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَيۡءٖۖ رَّبَّنَا عَلَيۡكَ تَوَكَّلۡنَا وَإِلَيۡكَ أَنَبۡنَا وَإِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ ٤

Qad kānat lakum uswatun ḥasanatun fī ibrāhīma wal-ladhīna maʿahū idh qālū liqawmihim innā buraʾāʾu minkum wa mimmā taʿbudūna min dūnillāhi kafarnā bikum wa badā baynanā wa baynakumul-ʿadāwatu wal-baghḍāʾu abadan ḥattā tuʾminū billāhi waḥdahū illā qawla ibrāhīma liʾabīhi laʾastaghfiranna laka wa mā amliku laka minallāhi min shayʾ, rabbanā ʿalayka tawakkalnā wa ilayka anabnā wa ilaykal-maṣīr.

There has already been for you an excellent pattern¹ in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people, "Indeed, we are disassociated from you and from whatever you worship other than Allāh. We have denied you, and there has appeared between us and you animosity and hatred forever until you believe in Allāh alone" - except for the saying of Abraham to his father, "I will surely ask forgiveness for you, but I have not [power to do] for you anything against Allāh. Our Lord, upon You we have relied, and to You we have returned, and to You is the destination.