سورة الزخرف، الآية ٢٨
وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةًۢ بَاقِيَةً فِى عَقِبِهِۦ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ٢٨
wajaʿalahā kalimatan bāqiyatan fī ʿaqibihi laʿallahum yarjiʿūna
And he made it1436 a word remaining among his descendants that they might return [to it].
[1436] i.e., his testimony that none is worthy of worship except Allāh.
Verse 28 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (43:28), a Meccan surah, is in juz 25, on page 491 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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And Abraham made this monotheistic statement of his remain in his progeny after him. There remained among them those who would worship Allah alone and not attribute any partners with Him, in the hope that they turn to Allah having repented from ascribing partners with Him and sins.
And he made it9 a lasting word among his descendants, so that they may return [to Allah].
[9] i.e., his testimony of faith that none has the right to be worshiped except Allah.
And he made it [i.e. Lâ ilâha illallâh (none has the right to be worshipped but Allâh Alone)] a Word lasting among his offspring, (True Monotheism), that they may turn back (i.e. to repent to Allâh or receive admonition).
And he made it a word enduring among his seed, that haply they might return.
And he left it as a Word to endure among those who came after him, that they may turn back (to Allah).
And he made it a word to continue in his posterity that they may return.
And he made it a word enduring among his posterity that possibly they would return.
