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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 132 (2:132)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

وَوَصَّىٰ بِهَآ إِبْرَٰهِۧمُ بَنِيهِ وَيَعْقُوبُ يَٰبَنِىَّ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰ لَكُمُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَا …

Quran 2:132 is ayah 132 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 20 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:132
وَوَصَّىٰبِهَآإِبْرَٰهِۧمُبَنِيهِوَيَعْقُوبُيَٰبَنِىَّإِنَّٱللَّهَٱصْطَفَىٰلَكُمُٱلدِّينَفَلَاتَمُوتُنَّإِلَّاوَأَنتُممُّسْلِمُونَ١٣٢
wawaṣṣā bihā ib'rāhīmu banīhi wayaʿqūbu yābaniyya inna l-laha iṣ'ṭafā lakumu l-dīna falā tamūtunna illā wa-antum mus'limūna

And Abraham instructed his sons [to do the same] and [so did] Jacob, [saying], "O my sons, indeed Allāh has chosen for you this religion, so do not die except while you are Muslims."(132)

Word by word

  1. وَوَصَّىٰwawaṣṣāAnd enjoined
  2. بِهَآbihā[it]
  3. إِبْرَٰهِۧمُib'rāhīmuIbrahim
  4. بَنِيهِbanīhi(upon) his sons
  5. وَيَعْقُوبُwayaʿqūbuand Yaqub
  6. يَٰبَنِىَّyābaniyyaO my sons
  7. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  8. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  9. ٱصْطَفَىٰiṣ'ṭafāhas chosen
  10. لَكُمُlakumufor you
  11. ٱلدِّينَl-dīnathe religion
  12. فَلَاfalāso not
  13. تَمُوتُنَّtamūtunna(should) you die
  14. إِلَّاillāexcept
  15. وَأَنتُمwa-antumwhile you
  16. مُّسْلِمُونَmus'limūna(are) submissive

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