The Holy Quran 14:37 — Surah Ibrahim

Arabic text

رَّبَّنَآ إِنِّىٓ أَسْكَنتُ مِن ذُرِّيَّتِى بِوَادٍ غَيْرِ ذِى زَرْعٍ عِندَ بَيْتِكَ ٱلْمُحَرَّمِ رَبَّنَا لِيُقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ فَٱجْعَلْ أَفْـِٔدَةً مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ تَهْوِىٓ إِلَيْهِمْ وَٱرْزُقْهُم مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْكُرُونَ

Translation

"O our Rabb! I have settled some of my children (Isma'eel) in a valley that cannot be cultivated, close to Your sacred house (the Kabah). O our Rabb! (I have left them here) So that they establish salaah, so cause (them) the hearts of some people to be inclined towards them (so that people may love them and settle with them). And provide for them fruits (referring to all types of provisions) for their sustenance so that they may be grateful." (As a result of this du'aa, despite being a place where crops do not generally grow, Makkah receives foods and manufactured articles from all over the world, especially from Taa'if, a piece of fertile land which Allaah took from Shaam and placed next to Makkah.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Leaving Isma'il ﵇ in the barren valley: that is, Isma'il ﵇, since his other offspring — Ishaq ﵇ and others — were in Sham (Greater Syria). By the command of Almighty Allah he had left Isma'il ﵇, still a nursing infant, and his mother Hajar here on the barren plain and gone away.

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