The Holy Quran 14:35 — Surah Ibrahim

Arabic text

وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ رَبِّ ٱجْعَلْ هَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدَ ءَامِنًا وَٱجْنُبْنِى وَبَنِىَّ أَن نَّعْبُدَ ٱلْأَصْنَامَ

Translation

(Remember the time) When Ibraheem عليه الصلاة والسلام said when he left his wife Haajira and son Isma'eel in Makkah), "O my Rabb! Make this city peaceful and safeguard my children and myself from worshipping idols." (Allaah accepted his du'aa by declaring Makkah a sacred place where no person should be killed.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Recall this supplication of Ibrahim ﵇: the chiefs of the Quraysh, whose ingratitude, shirk (associating partners with Allah) and disbelief were described above in the words اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلَى الَّذِيْنَ بَدَّلُوْا نِعْمَتَ اللّٰهِ (“Have you not seen those who changed the bounty of Allah…”)

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