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
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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.
[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.
