Al-Qur'an Surah At-Tur Verse 4

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and by the Populated House (Al-Bait-ul-Ma‘mūr) ,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And by the ˹Sacred˺ House frequently visited![[ This is either the Sacred House in Mecca, which is frequented by pilgrims, or a sanctuary in Heaven, which is frequented by angels. ]]

Ruwwad Translation Center

and by the much-frequented House [in heaven],

A. J. Arberry

by the House inhabited

Abdul Haleem

by the much-visited House,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

By the House Frequented.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

By the much-frequented Fane;

Abul Ala Maududi

by the much-frequented House,

Ahmed Ali

The house ever-peopled,

Ahmed Raza Khan

And by oath of the Inhabited House.

Ali Quli Qarai

by the House greatly frequented;

Ali Ünal

And by Bayt al-Ma‘mur (the House continuously frequented),

Amatul Rahman Omar

And the ever so much-frequented House (- Ka`abah),

English Literal

By/and to the House/Home, the frequently visited/inhabited/populated.

Faridul Haque

And by oath of the Inhabited House.

Hamid S. Aziz

And the much visited House,

Hilali & Khan

And by the Bait-ul-Ma'mur (the house over the heavens parable to the Ka'bah at Makkah, continuously visited by the angels);

Maulana Mohammad Ali

On unfolded vellum!

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And the House (Kaaba) that is visited,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And the House frequented,

Muhammad Sarwar

by the established House (Mecca),

Qaribullah & Darwish

by the Visited House,

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And by Al-Bayt Al-Ma`mur.

Wahiduddin Khan

by the much-visited House,

Talal Itani

And the frequented House.

Tafsir jalalayn

By the [greatly] frequented House -- which is [located] in the third, or the sixth or the seventh heaven, directly above the Ka`ba; it is visited every day by seventy thousand angels, circumambulating it and performing prayers [around it], and never returning to it;

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

In parchment unrolled. And by Al-Bayt Al-Ma`mur.

In the Two Sahihs it is confirmed that the Messenger of Allah said in the Hadith about Al-Isra', after ascending to the seventh heaven;

ثُمَّ رُفِعَ بِي إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ وَإِذَا هُوَ يَدْخُلُهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا لَا يَعُودُونَ إِلَيْهِ اخِرَ مَا عَلَيْهِم

Then, I was taken to Al-Bayt Al-Ma`mur. It is visited every day by seventy thousand angels who will not come back to visit it again.

The angels worship Allah in Al-Bayt Al-Ma`mur and perform Tawafaround it just as the people of the earth perform Tawaf around the Ka`bah. Al-Bayt Al-Ma`mur is the Ka`bah of those who reside in the seventh heaven.

During the Isra' journey, the Prophet saw Ibrahim Al-Khalil, who was reclining with his back on Al-Bayt Al-Ma`mur. It was Ibrahim who built the Ka`bah on earth, and surely, the reward is compatible with the action.
Al-Bayt Al-Ma`mur is parallel to the Ka`bah; every heaven has its own house of worship, which is also the direction of prayer for its residents. The house that is located in the lower heaven, is called Bayt Al-`Izzah. And Allah knows best.

The statement of Allah the Exalted,

وَالسَّقْفِ الْمَرْفُوعِ