ONE AYAT A DAY
وَاِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰهٖمُ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هٰذَا بَلَدًا اٰمِنًا وَّارْزُقْ اَهْلَهٗ مِنَ الثَّمَرٰتِ مَنْ اٰمَنَ مِنْهُمْ بِاللّٰهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِۗ قَالَ وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَاُمَتِّعُهٗ قَلِيْلًا ثُمَّ اَضْطَرُّهٗٓ اِلٰى عَذَابِ النَّارِ ۗ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيْرُ
Wa iż qāla ibrāhīmu rabbij‘al hāżā baladan āminaw warzuq ahlahū minaṡ-ṡamarāti man āmana minhum billāhi wal-yaumil-ākhir(i), qāla wa man kafara fa umatti‘uhū qalīlan ṡumma aḍṭarruhū ilā ‘ażābin-nār(i), wa bi'sal-maṣīr(u).
And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, make this a secure city and provide its people with fruits - whoever of them believes in Allāh and the Last Day." [Allāh] said, "And whoever disbelieves - I will grant him enjoyment for a little; then I will force him to the punishment of the Fire, and wretched is the destination."
The Command to purify the HouseAl-Hasan Al-Basri said that,وَعَهِدْنَآ إِلَى إِبْرَهِيمَ وَإِسْمَـعِيلَ(And We gave Our 'Ahd (command) to Ibrahim and Isma`il) means, "Allah ordered them to purify it from all filth and impurities, of which none should ever touch it." Also, Ibn Jurayj said, "I said to `Ata', `What is Allah's `Ahd' He said, `His command."' Also, Sa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayah,أَن طَهِّرَا بَيْتِىَ لِلطَّآئِفِينَ وَالْعَـكِفِينَ(that they should purify My House (the Ka`bah) for those who are circumambulating it, or staying (I`tikaf)) "Purify it from the idols." Further, Mujahid and Sa`id bin Jubayr said that,طَهِّرَا بَيْتِىَ لِلطَّآئِفِينَ(purify My House for those who are circumambulating it) means, "From the idols, sexual activity, false witness and sins of all kinds."Allah said,لِلطَّآئِفِينَ(for those who are performing Tawaf (circumambulating) it).The Tawaf around the House is a well-established ritual, Sa`id bin Jubayr said that,لِلطَّآئِفِينَ(for those who are circumambulating it) means, strangers (he means who do not live in Makkah), while;وَالْعَـكِفِينَ(or staying (I`tikaf)) is about those who live in the area of the Sacred House. Also, Qatadah and Ar-Rabi` bin Anas said that I`tikaf is in reference to those who live in the area of the House, just as Sa`id bin Jubayr stated. Allah said,وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ(or bowing or pr…