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Surah Al-Baqarah — 2:133

أَمْ كُنتُمْ شُهَدَآءَ إِذْ حَضَرَ يَعْقُوبَ ٱلْمَوْتُ إِذْ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنۢ بَعْدِى قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ إِلَـٰهَكَ وَإِلَـٰهَ ءَابَآئِكَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ إِلَـٰهًا وَٰحِدًا وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُسْلِمُونَ

Am kuntum shuhadaaa'a iz hadara Ya'qoobal mawtu iz qaala libaneehi maa ta'budoona mim ba'dee qaaloo na'budu ilaahaka wa ilaaha aabaaa'ika Ibraaheema wa Ismaa'eela wa Ishaaqa Ilaahanw waahidanw wa nahnu lahoo muslimoon

بھلا جس وقت یعقوب وفات پانے لگے تو تم اس وقت موجود تھے، جب انہوں نے اپنے بیٹوں سے پوچھا کہ میرے بعد تم کس کی عبادت کرو گے، تو انہوں نے کہا کہ آپ کے معبود اور آپ کے باپ دادا ابراہیم اور اسمٰعیل اور اسحاق کے معبود کی عبادت کریں گے جو معبود یکتا ہے اور ہم اُسی کے حکم بردار ہیں

Or were you witnesses when death came to Yaqub, when he said to his sons, "What will you worship after me?" They said, "We will worship your God and the God of your fathers — Ibrahim, Ismail, and Ishaq — one God, and to him we surrender."

Reflection

An argument about who inherits Ibrahim is answered by asking whether the claimants were in the room. The sons then list Ismail among their father's fathers, although Yaqub descends through Ishaq and Ismail is his uncle, which is the passage classical usage cites for aba' covering a wider line than fathers strictly. What the sons profess at the end is a verb, and the community names arrive two verses later from the other side of the argument.

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