Al-Baqarah 2:127 واذ يرفع ابراهيم القواعد من البيت واسماعيل ربنا تقبل منا انك انت السميع العليم ١٢٧
وَإِذۡ
يَرۡفَعُ
إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُ
ٱلۡقَوَاعِدَ
مِنَ
ٱلۡبَيۡتِ
وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلُ
رَبَّنَا
تَقَبَّلۡ
مِنَّآۖ
إِنَّكَ
أَنتَ
ٱلسَّمِيعُ
ٱلۡعَلِيمُ
١٢٧
And (remember) when Ibrâhîm (Abraham) and (his son) Ismâ‘îl (Ishmael) were raising the foundations of the House (the Ka‘bah at Makkah), (saying), "Our Lord! Accept (this service) from us. Verily! You are the All-Hearer, the All-Knower." 1
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Command to purify the House
Al-Hasan Al-Basri said that,
وَعَهِدْنَآ إِلَى إِبْرَهِيمَ وَإِسْمَـعِيلَ
(And We gave Our 'Ahd (command) to Ibrahim and Isma`il) means, "Allah ordered them to purify it from all filth and impurities, of which none should ever touch it." Also, Ibn Jurayj said, "I said to
…The Command to purify the House
Al-Hasan Al-Basri said that,
وَعَهِدْنَآ إِلَى إِبْرَهِيمَ وَإِسْمَـعِيلَ
(And We gave Our 'Ahd (command) to Ibrahim and
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