ONE AYAT A DAY
رَبَّنَا وَاجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِنَآ اُمَّةً مُّسْلِمَةً لَّكَۖ وَاَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَا ۚ اِنَّكَ اَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيْمُ
Rabbanā waj‘alnā muslimaini laka wa min żurriyyatinā ummatam muslimatal lak(a), wa arinā manāsikanā wa tub ‘alainā, innaka antat-tawwābur-raḥīm(u).
Our Lord, and make us Muslims [in submission] to You and from our descendants a Muslim nation [in submission] to You. And show us our rites [of worship] and accept our repentance. Indeed, You are the Accepting of Repentance, the Merciful.
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…