Al-Qur'an Surah Az-Zukhruf Verse 28

Mufti Taqi Usmani

He made it a word lasting among his posterity, so that they may return.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And he left this enduring declaration among his descendants, so they may ˹always˺ turn back ˹to Allah˺.[[ See {2:130}-132.]] 

Ruwwad Translation Center

And he made it a lasting word among his descendants, so that they may return [to Allah].

A. J. Arberry

And he made it a word enduring among his posterity; haply so they would return.

Abdul Haleem

and he bequeathed these words to his descendants so that they might return [to God].

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And he made it a word lasting among his posterity that haply they should return.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And he left it as a Word to endure among those who came after him, that they may turn back (to Allah).

Abul Ala Maududi

And Abraham left behind this word to endure among his posterity so that they may return to it.

Ahmed Ali

This is the legacy he left to his descendants so that they may turn (to God).

Ahmed Raza Khan

And Ibrahim kept this declaration among his progeny, in order that they may desist.

Ali Quli Qarai

He made it a lasting word among his posterity so that they may come back [to the right path].

Ali Ünal

And He left it as a Word to endure among those who would come after him, so that they may return (from worshipping false deities to the worship of One God).

Amatul Rahman Omar

And he (- Abraham) made it (- the Divine Unity) a word to abide (as a permanent legacy) among his posterity, so that they might turn (to One God).

English Literal

And he made it a word/expression , remaining/lasting in his sons/descendants , maybe/perhaps they return.

Faridul Haque

And Ibrahim kept this declaration among his progeny, in order that they may desist.

Hamid S. Aziz

And he left it as a word to endure in his posterity that they may return (to Allah).

Hilali & Khan

And he made it [i.e. La ilaha ill-Allah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah Alone)] a Word lasting among his offspring (True Monotheism), that they may turn back (i.e. to repent to Allah or receive admonition).

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Save Him Who created me, for surely He will guide me.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And he made it a word to continue in his posterity that they may return.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And he made it a word enduring among his seed, that haply they might return.

Muhammad Sarwar

God made (belief in one God) an everlasting task for his successors, so that perhaps they would return (to Him).

Qaribullah & Darwish

He made this an abiding word among his descendants, in order that they would return.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And he made it a word lasting among his offspring, that they may turn back.

Wahiduddin Khan

and he left these words to endure among his descendants, so that they might return [to God].

Talal Itani

And he made it an enduring word in his progeny, so that they may return.

Tafsir jalalayn

And he made it, namely, the statement of the affirmation of [God's] Oneness, understood from his words, I shall indeed depart to my Lord; He will guide me [Q. 37;99], a word enduring among his posterity, his descendants, and thus there still remains among them those who affirm the Oneness of [God]; that perhaps they, that is, the people of Mecca, might recant, what they follow [and return] to the religion of their forefather Abraham.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةً بَاقِيَةً فِي عَقِبِهِ

"Verily, I am innocent of what you worship, except Him Who created me; and verily, He will guide me."

And he made it a Word lasting among his offspring,

The Word means the worship of Allah Alone with no partner or associate, and the denunciation of all gods apart from Him, i.e., La ilaha illallah. He left this word as an example to be followed by those of his progeny who were guided by Allah.

لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ



that they may turn back.

means, come back to this word.

Ikrimah, Mujahid, Ad-Dahhak, Qatadah, As-Suddi and others commented on the Ayah;
وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةً بَاقِيَةً فِي عَقِبِهِ
(And he made it a Word lasting among his offspring,

"This means, La ilaha illallah, and there are still those among his offspring who say it."

A similar view was narrated from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him.

Ibn Zayd said, "The word of Islam," which refers to the same thing suggested by the group.
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