Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 129
| رَبَّنَا وَابْعَثْ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِنْهُمْ يَتْلُو عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِكَ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ |
| Transliteration | : | rabb -naa wa- ibcath fe -him rasol(an) min -hum yatlo calay -him 'aayaat -ka wa- yucallim -hum al- kitaab wa- al- h.ikmah wa- yuzakke -him 'inna -ka 'anta al- cazez al- h.akem |
| Pickthall | : | Our Lord! And raise up in their midst a messenger from among them who shall recite unto them Thy revelations, and shall instruct them in the Scripture and in wisdom and shall make them grow. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Mighty, Wise. |
| Asad | : | "O our Sustainer! Raise up from the midst of our offspring106 an apostle from among themselves, who shall convey unto them Thy messages, and impart unto them revelation as well as wisdom, and cause them to grow in purity: for, verily, Thou alone art almighty, truly wise!" |
| Malik | : | O Rabb, appoint from among them a Rasool who shall recite to them Your Revelations and teach them the Book and the Wisdom and sanctify them; surely, You are the All-Mighty, the Wise." |
| Yusuf Ali | : | "Our Lord! send amongst them an Apostle of their own who shall rehearse Thy Signs to them and instruct them in Scripture and Wisdom and sanctify them; for Thou art the Exalted in Might the Wise." 129 |
Note - 106Lit., "within them".
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Note - 129How beautiful this prayer is, and how aptly it comes in
here in the argument! Such Paganism or star-worship or
planet-worship as there was in Abraham's time was first
cleared out of Mecca by Abraham. This is the chief
meaning of "sanctification" or purification in ii. 125,
although of course physical cleanliness is (in physical
conditions) a necessary element of purification in the
higher sense. Abraham and his elder son Ismail then
built the Ka'ba and established the rites and usages of
the sacred city. He was thus the founder of the original
Islam (which is as old as mankind) in Arabia. As becomes
a devout man, he offers and dedicates the work to God in
humble supplication, addressing Him as the All-Hearing
and the All-Knowing. He then asks for a blessing on
himself and his progeny generally, both the children of
his eldest-born Ismail and his younger son Isaac. With
prophetic vision he foresees that there will be
corruption and backsliding in both branches of his
family: Mecca will house 360 idols, and Jerusalem will
become a harlot city (Ezekiel xvi. 15), a city of
abomination. But the light of Islam will shine, and
reclaim the lost people in both branches and indeed in
all the world. So he prays for God's mercy, addressing
Him as the Oft-Returning Most Merciful. And finally he
foresees in Mecca an Apostle teaching the people as one
"of their own", and in their own beautiful Arabic
language; he asks for a blessing on Muhammad's ministry,
appealing to the Power and Wisdom of God.
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How beautiful this prayer is, and how aptly it comes in here in the argument! Such Paganism or star-worship or planet-worship as there was in Abraham's time was first cleared out of Mecca by Abraham. This is the chief meaning of "sanctification" or purification in ii. 125, although of course physical cleanliness is (in physical conditions) a necessary element of purification in the higher sense. Abraham and his elder son Ismail then built the Ka'ba and established the rites and usages of the sacred city. He was thus the founder of the original Islam (which is as old as mankind) in Arabia. As becomes a devout man, he offers and dedicates the work to God in humble supplication, addressing Him as the All-Hearing and the All-Knowing. He then asks for a blessing on himself and his progeny generally, both the children of his eldest-born Ismail and his younger son Isaac. With prophetic vision he foresees that there will be corruption and backsliding in both branches of his family: Mecca will house 360 idols, and Jerusalem will become a harlot city (Ezekiel xvi. 15), a city of abomination. But the light of Islam will shine, and reclaim the lost people in both branches and indeed in all the world. So he prays for God's mercy, addressing Him as the Oft-Returning Most Merciful. And finally he foresees in Mecca an Apostle teaching the people as one "of their own", and in their own beautiful Arabic language; he asks for a blessing on Muhammad's ministry, appealing to the Power and Wisdom of God. |
