Quranic Duas

Safety for Makkah and protection from idolatry

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Arabic · transliteration · English meaning · source

وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ رَبِّ ٱجْعَلْ هَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدَ ءَامِنًۭا وَٱجْنُبْنِى وَبَنِىَّ أَن نَّعْبُدَ ٱلْأَصْنَامَ

Transliteration

wa-idh qāla ib'rāhīmu rabbi ij'ʿal hādhā l-balada āminan wa-uj'nub'nī wabaniyya an naʿbuda l-aṣnāma

Meaning

And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham said, "My Lord, make this city [Makkah] secure and keep me and my sons away from worshipping idols

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
  2. قَالَqālasaid
  3. إِبْرَٰهِيمُib'rāhīmuIbrahim
  4. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
  5. ٱجْعَلْij'ʿalMake
  6. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
  7. ٱلْبَلَدَl-baladacity
  8. ءَامِنًۭاāminansafe
  9. وَٱجْنُبْنِىwa-uj'nub'nīand keep me away
  10. وَبَنِىَّwabaniyyaand my sons
  11. أَنanthat
  12. نَّعْبُدَnaʿbudawe worship
  13. ٱلْأَصْنَامَl-aṣnāmathe idols

Reference

Source: Quran 14:35.

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