Qur'an Verse of the Day
Tuesday 14th April 2026 Today
Chapter 22, Verse 27
وَاِذۡ بَوَّاۡنَا لِاِبۡرٰہِیۡمَ مَکَانَ الۡبَیۡتِ اَنۡ لَّا تُشۡرِکۡ بِیۡ شَیۡئًا وَّطَہِّرۡ بَیۡتِیَ لِلطَّآئِفِیۡنَ وَالۡقَآئِمِیۡنَ وَالرُّکَّعِ السُّجُوۡدِ ﴿۲۷﴾
English Translation
And remember the time when We assigned to Abraham the site of the House and said, ‘Associate not anything with Me, and keep My House clean for those who perform the circuits, and those who stand up and those who bow down and fall prostrate in Prayers;
And call to mind when We assigned[1943] to Abraham the site of the House[1943A] and said, ‘Associate not anything with Me and [b]keep My house clean[1944] for those who perform the circuits,[1945] and those who stand up and those who bow and prostrate themselves in Prayer;
The verse shows that the site of the Ka‘bah had existed long before Abraham’s time. In fact, the Ka‘bah was built by Adam. It was the first House of worship built in the world (3:97). By the time of Abraham it had fallen into ruins and its site, having been disclosed to him by revelation, he and his son Ishmael, the Holy Prophet’s great progenitor, rebuilt it. See also {146}.
The Ka‘bah is variously mentioned in the Qur’an as “My House” (2:126 & 22:27), “The Sacred House” (14:38), “The Sacred Mosque” (2:151), “The House” (2:128,159; 3:98; 8:36; 22:27), “The Ancient House” (22:30, 34), and “The Frequented House” (52:5). All these different appellations point to the eminence of the Ka‘bah as the greatest centre of worship for mankind.
2:126.
The words, keep My house clean, embodied both a commandment and a prophecy. The commandment was that the Ka‘bah was not to be polluted with idol-worship as it had been built for the worship of the One True God, and the prophecy lay in the fact that this commandment would be defied and the House of God would become a house of idols but would eventually be completely cleared of them.
This verse serves as an introduction to the subject of Pilgrimage which is the central theme of this Surah. Circumambulation of the Sacred Mosque is the most important ceremony of the Pilgrimage, so a brief reference to the sanctity and importance of the Ka‘bah forms a befitting introduction to the subject of Hajj.