ٱلْبَقَرَة : ١٣٢

  • وَوَصَّىٰ And enjoined
  • بِهَآ [it]
  • إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُ Ibrahim
  • بَنِيهِ (upon) his sons
  • وَيَعۡقُوبُ and Yaqub
  • يَٰبَنِيَّ O my sons
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • ٱصۡطَفَىٰ has chosen
  • لَكُمُ for you
  • ٱلدِّينَ the religion
  • فَلَا so not
  • تَمُوتُنَّ (should) you die
  • إِلَّا except
  • وَأَنتُم while you
  • مُّسۡلِمُونَ (are) submissive
And Abraham instructed his sons [to do the same] and [so did] Jacob, [saying], "O my sons, indeed Allāh has chosen for you this religion, so do not die except while you are Muslims."
And Abraham enjoined (wassaa; may also be read awsaa) upon his sons this, creed, and [so did] Jacob, upon his sons, saying: 'My sons, God has chosen for you the [true] religion, the religion of submission [to God] (islaam), see that you die not save in submission: he forbade them from abandoning this submission [to God], and enjoined them to adhere firmly to it until death overtook them.