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Al-Baqarah 2:125

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

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]."

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وَإِذْ wa-idh And when

جَعَلْنَا jaʿalnā We made

ٱلْبَيْتَ l-bayta the House

مَثَابَةًۭ mathābatan a place of return

لِّلنَّاسِ lilnnāsi for mankind

وَأَمْنًۭا wa-amnan and (a place of) security

وَٱتَّخِذُوا۟ wa-ittakhidhū and (said), "Take

مِن min [from]

مَّقَامِ maqāmi (the) standing place

إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ ib'rāhīma (of) Ibrahim

مُصَلًّۭى ۖ muṣallan (as) a place of prayer

وَعَهِدْنَآ waʿahid'nā And We made a covenant

إِلَىٰٓ ilā with

إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ ib'rāhīma Ibrahim

وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ wa-is'māʿīla and Ishmael

أَن an [that]

طَهِّرَا ṭahhirā [You both] purify

بَيْتِىَ baytiya My House

لِلطَّآئِفِينَ lilṭṭāifīna for those who circumambulate

وَٱلْعَـٰكِفِينَ wal-ʿākifīna and those who seclude themselves for devotion and prayer

وَٱلرُّكَّعِ wal-rukaʿi and those who bow down

ٱلسُّجُودِ l-sujūdi and those who prostrate

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