سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 133
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
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
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.
