19. Surah Maryam

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

وَاذْكُرْ فِي الْكِتَابِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ...   

19: 54.  Also mention in the Book (the story of) Isma'il:

...إِنَّهُ كَانَ صَادِقَ الْوَعْدِ وَكَانَ رَسُولًا نَّبِيًّا ﴿٥٤﴾

He was (strictly) true to what he promised, and he was a Messenger (and) a Prophet.

C2506. Isma'il was Dhabih Allah i.e., the chosen sacrifice for Allah in Muslim tradition.

When Abraham told him of the sacrifice, he voluntarily offered himself for it, and never flinched from his promise, until the sacrifice was redeemed by the substitution of a ram under Allah's commands.

He was the fountain-head of the Arabian Ummah, and in his posterity came the Prophet of Allah. The Ummah and the Book of Islam reflect back the prophethood on Isma'il.


Other versions:


19: 54 [Mary, Mecca 44]


Waothkur fee alkitabi ismaAAeela innahu kana sadiqa alwaAAdi wakana rasoolan nabiyyan

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

 

AND CALL to mind, through this divine writ, Ishmael. Behold, he was always true to his promise, and was an apostle [of God], a prophet,

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M. M. Pickthall

 

And make mention in the Scripture of Ishmael. Lo! he was a keeper of his promise, and he was a messenger (of Allah), a prophet.

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Shakir

 

And mention Ismail in the Book; surely he was truthful in (his) promise, and he was a messenger, a prophet.

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Yusuf Ali

 

Also mention in the Book (the story of) Isma'il: He was (strictly) true to what he promised, and he was a messenger (and) a prophet.

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[Al-Muntakhab]

 

Also, narrate O Muhammad to the people what is discoursed in the Book -the Quran- relative to Ismail who was true-hearted, true to his promise, and his words and his deeds together accorded; he was a Messenger endowed with the prerogative of Prophethood.

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[Progressive Muslims]

 

And recall in the Scripture Ishmael; he was truthful to his promise, and he was a messenger prophet.

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Abdel Haleem

 

Mention too, in the Quran, the story of Ishmael. He was true to his promise, a messenger and a prophet.