Sura-2 [Al-Baqara medina 87]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s version:

وَمَن يَرْغَبُ عَن مِّلَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِلاَّ مَن سَفِهَ نَفْسَهُ...

2:130. And who turns away from the religion of Abraham but such as debase their souls with folly?

... وَلَقَدِ اصْطَفَيْنَاهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا ...

Him We chose and rendered pure in this world:

C130. Istafa: chose; chose because of purity; chose and purified.

It is the same root from which Mustafa is derived, one of the titles of Muhammad.

... وَإِنَّهُ فِي الآخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ ﴿١٣٠﴾

and he will be in the Hereafter in the ranks of the righteous.

Transliteration Wa may yargabu 'am millati ibra_hima illa_ man safiha nafsah(u_), wa laqadis tafain_hu fid dunya_, wa innaha_ fil a_khirati laminas sa_lihin(a).

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ أَسْلِمْ ...

2:131. Behold! his Lord said to him: "Bow (thy will to me)"

... قَالَ أَسْلَمْتُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ﴿١٣١﴾

He said: "I bow (my will) to the Lord and Cherisher of the universe."

Transliteration Iz qa_la lahu_ rabbuhu_ aslim, qa_la aslamtu li rabbil 'a_lamin(a).

وَوَصَّى بِهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بَنِيهِ وَيَعْقُوبُ...

2:132. And this was the legacy that Abraham left to his sons, and so did Jacob;

يَا بَنِيَّ إِنَّ اللّهَ اصْطَفَى لَكُمُ الدِّينَ فَلاَ تَمُوتُنَّ إَلاَّ وَأَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ ﴿١٣٢﴾

"O my sons! Allah hath chosen the faith for you; then die not except in the faith of Islam."

Wa wassa_ biha_ ibra_himu banihi wa ya'qu_b(u), ya_ bunayya innalla_has tafa_ lakumud dina fala_ tamu_tunna illa_ wa antum muslimu_n(a).

Other versions:

2: 130

Asad And who, unless he be weak of mind, would want to abandon Abraham’s creed, seeing that We have indeed raised him high in this world, and that, verily, in the life to come he shall be among the righteous?

Pickthall And who forsaketh the religion of Abraham save him who befooleth himself? Verily We chose him in the world, and lo! in the Hereafter he is among the righteous.

2: 131

Asad when his Sustainer said to him, “ Surrender thyself unto Me!” – her answered, “I have surrendered myself unto [Thee,] the Sustainer of all the worlds.”

Pickthall When his Lord said unto him: Surrender! he said: I have surrendered to the Lord of the Worlds.

2: 132

Asad And this very thing did Abraham bequeath unto his children, and [so did] Jacob: “O my children! Behold, God has granted you the purest faith; so do not allow death to overtake you ere you have surrendered yourselves unto Him.”

Yusuf Ali And this was the legacy that Abraham left to his sons and so did Jacob; "O my sons! Allah hath chosen the faith for you; then die not except in the faith of Islam."

Pickthall The same did Abraham enjoin upon his sons, and also Jacob, (saying): O my sons! Lo! Allah hath chosen for you the (true) religion; therefore die not save as men who have surrendered (unto Him).

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[ Ruby’s note: This is defining the fundamental idea of religion: Submission to the Will and Law of God. The rest is details, interpretations and rituals to attain that, and the Quran acknowledges that there are different ways that one can reach that goal. Reaching the goal is the key whereas the ways are not. This idea is conveyed here: Abraham is the made the leader [Imam] of mankind and his religion is the religion of Submission. This is the central idea. Muhammad was commanded to convey the same Message to mankind. And the Message is always more important than the messenger. A willful rejection of Muhammad as the messenger may constitute rejection of God’s truth. However, there are rejection of unconsciousness of this truth due to ignorance and that is entirely a different matter, God is the Only Judge of the extend of that failure each human being.]