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سُورَةُ آلِ عِمۡرَانَ · 3:96
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إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍۢ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِى بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكًۭا وَهُدًۭى لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

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Indeed, the first House [of worship] established for mankind was that at Makkah - blessed and a guidance for the worlds.

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Introduction

This is āyah 96 of Sūrat Aal-i-Imraan (Family of Imran), the 89th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Medinan period and sits within Juzʾ 4. Medinan verses often address community life, law, and the building of society.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Medinan
Order revealed
89 of 114
Surah
Aal-i-Imraan (3)
Occasion of revelation · Al-Wahidi

(Lo! the first Sanctuary appointed for mankind�) [3:96]. Said Mujahid: �The Muslims and the Jews boasted to each other; the Jews said: �Jerusalem is better and greater than the Ka�bah because it was the land to which the Prophets had migrated and it is also sacred�; while the Muslims said: �No, the Ka�bah is better�. And so Allah, exalted is He, revealed this verse�.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Verily, the first House (of worship) appointed for mankind was that at Bakkah (Makkah), full of blessing, and a guidance for Al-'Alamin (mankind and Jinn (96)In it are manifest signs (for example), the Maqam (station) of Ibrahim; whosoever enters it, he attains security. And Hajj to the House is a duty that mankind owes to Allah, for those who are able to undertake the journey; and whoever disbelieves, then Allah stands not in need of any of the 'Alamin (97) The Ka'bah is the First House of Worship Allah said, إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ (Verily, the first House appointed for mankind) for all people, for their acts of worship and religious rituals. They go around the House [in Tawaf], pray in its vicinity and remain in its area in I'tikaf. لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ (was that at Bakkah,) meaning, the Ka'bah that was built by Ibrahim Al-Khalil, whose religion the Jews and Christia…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

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Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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