سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ

Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 133

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أَمْ كُنتُمْ شُهَدَآءَ إِذْ حَضَرَ يَعْقُوبَ ٱلْمَوْتُ إِذْ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنۢ بَعْدِى قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ إِلَـٰهَكَ وَإِلَـٰهَ ءَابَآئِكَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ إِلَـٰهًا وَٰحِدًا وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُسْلِمُونَ ﴿133﴾

Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Or were you witnesses when death approached Ya‘qûb (Jacob)? When he said unto his sons, "What will you worship after me?" They said, "We shall worship your Ilâh (God - Allâh), the Ilâh (God) of your fathers, Ibrâhîm (Abraham), Ismâ‘îl (Ishmael), Ishâq (Isaac), One Ilâh (God), and to Him we submit (in Islâm)."

Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning

أَمْ am Or
كُنتُمْ kuntum were you
شُهَدَآءَ shuhadāa witnesses
إِذْ idh when
حَضَرَ ḥaḍara came to
يَعْقُوبَ yaʿqūba Yaqub
ٱلْمَوْتُ l-mawtu [the] death
إِذْ idh when
قَالَ qāla he said
لِبَنِيهِ libanīhi to his sons
مَا mā What
تَعْبُدُونَ taʿbudūna will you worship
مِنۢ min from
بَعْدِى baʿdī after me
قَالُوا۟ qālū They said
نَعْبُدُ naʿbudu We will worship
إِلَـٰهَكَ ilāhaka your God
وَإِلَـٰهَ wa-ilāha and (the) God
ءَابَآئِكَ ābāika (of) your forefathers
إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ ib'rāhīma Ibrahim
وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ wa-is'māʿīla and Ishmael
وَإِسْحَـٰقَ wa-is'ḥāqa and Isaac
إِلَـٰهًۭا ilāhan God
وَٰحِدًۭا wāḥidan One
وَنَحْنُ wanaḥnu And we
لَهُۥ lahu to Him
مُسْلِمُونَ mus'limūna (are) submissive

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In these verses, there is also a refutation of the Jews, Christians, and the polytheists of Makkah who, associating themselves with Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and his descendants, used to claim that their religion was also Judaism, Christianity, or idolatry. The Noble Qur’an has stated that you are slandering these noble personalities; their religion was also this very Islam, in which the teachings of monotheism and sincerity were given.

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133. 1. The Jews are being rebuked and reproached: You claim that Ibrahim and Yaqub ؑ advised their children to remain steadfast on Judaism, so were you present at the time of the will? If they say they were present, then this is a lie and a slander, and if they say they were not present, then their aforementioned claim is proven false, because the will that was made was for Islam, not Judaism or Christianity. The religion of all the prophets was Islam, although there were some differences in the law and methodology. The Prophet ﷺ expressed this in these words: The group of prophets are the children of different mothers (and the father is one), and their religion is one.

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133. Were you present [165] when death approached Jacob? When he said to his sons, "What will you worship after me?" They replied, "We will worship your God and the God of your fathers, Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac—the One God, and to Him we submit."

[165]
The Accusation of the Jews Against Yaqub (Jacob):

Once, the Jews said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: "Do you not know that Yaqub (peace be upon him) advised us to remain Jews?" At that time, this verse was revealed, and Allah Almighty asked the Jews of Madinah: "When Yaqub (peace be upon him) was near death, were you present then, that you say with such certainty that Yaqub advised Judaism?" Then, Allah Himself described what Yaqub asked his sons at the time of his death and what his sons replied, thereby refuting the claim of the Jews.
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