إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكًا وَهُدًى لِلْعَالَمِينَ

Popular Translations

Muhammad Asad

Behold, the first Temple ever set up for mankind was indeed the one at Bakkah: rich in blessing, and a [source of] guidance unto all the worlds

Arthur John Arberry

The first House established for the people was that at Bekka, a place holy, and a guidance to all beings

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

The first House (of worship) appointed for men was that at Bakka: Full of blessing and of guidance for all kinds of beings

Arabic

إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَیۡتࣲ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِی بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكࣰا وَهُدࣰى لِّلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٩٦

Transliteration (2021)

inna awwala baytin wuḍiʿa lilnnāsi lalladhī bibakkata mubārakan wahudan lil'ʿālamīn